Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε

to be too vehement against someone

Translated by William Hutton28 Mar 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

8 words

For instance to make accusations and to lambaste.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε· οἷον αἰτιᾶσθαι καὶ ἀποτείνεσθαι.

Betacode

*)/agan e)gkei=sqai tw=|de: oi(=on ai)tia=sqai kai\ a)potei/nesqai.

Fuller entry in Photius (Lexicon alpha104 Theodoridis) and elsewhere -- prompted by the use of this idiom (of the Spartans) in Aristophanes, Acharnians 309 (web address 1): oi(=s a)/gan e)gkei/meqa.