wheel
τἄλλαι ... γυναῖκες ... ἀπήλαἁν τὼς ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν ὑσσάκων → the other women diverted the men from their vaginas
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. τροχός, ὁ. V. κύκλωμα, τό (Euripides, Phoenissae 1185).
be broken on the wheel, v.: P. ἐπὶ τοῦ τροχοῦ στρεβλοῦσθαι.
broken on the wheel, adj.: V. ἁρματήλατος (Of Ixion) (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1297).
I saw the death of Hector dragged at the wheel: V. σφαγὰς μὲν Ἕκτορος τροχηλάτους κατεῖδον (Euripides, Andromache 399).
potter's wheel: Ar. and P. τροχός, ὁ.
military term, sudden change of direction: P. ἐπιστροφή, ἡ.
verb transitive
P. and V. στρέφειν, ἐπιστρέφειν.
spin: Ar. and V. κυκλεῖν, στροβεῖν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν (Ar.), δινεῖν (also Plato in pass. but rare P.).
verb intransitive
change direction (of fleets, armies, etc.): P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν, Ar. and P. ἀναστρέφειν (or pass.), ἐπαναστρέφειν (or pass.).
spin: P. and V. κυκλεῖσθαι, στρέφεσθαι, P. περιστρέφεσθαι, περιφέρεσθαι, V. ἑλίσσεσθαι, εἱλίσσεσθαι. Ar. and V. στροβεῖσθαι.
