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From LSJ
τὸ δανείζεσθαι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀφροσύνης καὶ μαλακίας ἐστίν → being in debt is a mark of extreme folly and moral weakness (Plutarch, On Avoiding Debt 829F3)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (olat. or πρός, acc.), ἐρίζειν (dat.), μάχεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), V. ἐξαγωνίζεσθαι (dat.), ἐξαμιλλᾶσθαι (dat.), P. διαμιλλᾶσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (dat.).
what is now left of the land can vie with any other in richness and fertility: P. τὸ νῦν αὐτῆς (γῆς) λείψανον ἐνάμιλλόν ἐστι πρὸς ἡντινοῦν τῷ πάμφορον εὔκαρπόν τε εἶναι (Plato, Critias, 110E).
