εἰς ὀλίγον ἀφίκετο πᾶν τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι

From LSJ

καὶ ὑπολέλειμμαι ἐγὼ μονώτατος, καὶ ζητοῦσι τὴν ψυχήν μου λαβεῖν αὐτήν → and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away (1 Kings 19:14)

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

the whole army came within an ace of defeat