struggle

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

contest: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, μάχη, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἀγωνία, ἡ, πάλαισμα, τό, ἆθλος, ὁ, δῆρις, ἡ.

convulsion: P. and V. σπασμός, ὁ, P. σφαδασμός, ὁ (Plato), V. σπαραγμός, ὁ.

agitation: P. ἀγωνία, ἡ.

time of stress or trial: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.

labour effort: P. and V. πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.

with a struggle, with difficulty: use adv., P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς; see under difficulty.

without a struggle (with no convulsive effort): use adj., V. ἀσφάδαστος.

without a struggle (without the necessity of fighting): P. ἀμαχεί, ἀκονιτί.

verb transitive

contend: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, μάχεσθαι, διαμάχεσθαι (Euripides, Alcibiades 694), ἀθλεῖν, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι, V. ἐξαγωνίζεσθαι, ἐξαμιλλᾶσθαι.

use violence: P. and V. βιάζεσθαι.

exert oneself: P. and V. σπουδάζειν, τείνειν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, P. διατείνεσθαι, συντείνειν (or pass.), ἐντείνεσθαι, V. ἐντείνειν.

try (with infin. following); P. and V. πειρᾶν (or mid.), ἐγχειρεῖν, ἐπιχειρεῖν; see try.

labour: P. and V. πονεῖν, μοχθεῖν (rare P.), ἀθλεῖν (rare P.); see labour.

writhe, be convulsed: P. and V. σφαδάζειν (Xen.), V. σπᾶσθαι.

hard to struggle against, adj.: V. δυσπάλαιστος; see invincible.