tumble

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. κυλινδεῖν (Xen. also Ar.); see roll.

tumble a person in the mud: P. ῥάσσειν (τινὰ), εἰς τὸν βόρβορον (Dem. 1259).

verb intransitive

fall: P. and V. πίπτειν; see fall.

roll: P. and V. κυλινδεῖσθαι, also Ar. and V. κυλίνδεσθαι (Sophocles, Fragment).

be a tumbler: P. κυβιστᾶν.

tumble down: Ar. and P. καταρρεῖν; see fall.

tumble off: P. and V. ἐκπίπτειν, V. ἐκκυλίνδεσθαι, ἐκκυβιστᾶν, ἐκνεύειν; see fall off.

substantive

See fall.