swerve
From LSJ
Ἤθους δικαίου φαῦλος οὐ ψαύει λόγος → Vox prava non pertingit ad mores bonos → Verkommne Rede rührt nicht an gerechte Art
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
verb intransitive
turn aside: P. and V. ἀποτρέπεσθαι, ἐκτρέπεσθαι, P. παρατρέπεσθαι, ἐκκλίνειν.
swerve from a purpose: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), ἐξίστασθαι (gen.).
had not my mind swerved from its purpose: V. εἰ μὴ… φρένες… γνώμης ἀπῇξαν (ἀπᾴσσειν) (Sophocles, Ajax 447).
swerve from the direction of its true course (of a javelin): P. ἔξω τῶν ὅρων τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας ἐκφέρεσθαι (Antiphon 121).
