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λέγεται δὲ καὶ κλῶνας αὐτῆς θύραις ἢ θυρίσι προστεθέντας ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κακουργίας → its branches attached to doors or windows are said to repel the evil of spells
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[[smoothing your angered brow]]: [[verse|V.]] [[στυγνὴν ὀφρὺν λύσασα]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Hippolytus]]'' 290). | [[smoothing your angered brow]]: [[verse|V.]] [[στυγνὴν ὀφρὺν λύσασα]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Hippolytus]]'' 290). | ||
[[soften]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ | [[soften]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πραΰνειν]]; see [[soften]]. | ||
[[calm]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κοιμίζειν]] ([[Plato]]), [[verse|V.]] [[κοιμᾶν]]. | [[calm]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κοιμίζειν]] ([[Plato]]), [[verse|V.]] [[κοιμᾶν]]. | ||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
of the sea: V. ἀκύμων, γαληνός; see calm.
Met., soft, gentle: P. and V. λεῖος (Plato), πρᾶος, ἥσυχος, ἤπιος, Ar. and P. μαλακός, Ar. and V. μαλθακός.
easy: P. and V. ῥᾴδιος, εὐπετής (Plato); see easy.
verb transitive
smooth the brow: Ar. χαλᾶν μέτωπον (Vespae 655).
smooth your brow: V. μέθες νυν ὀφρύν (Eur., Iphigenia in Aulis 648).
smoothing your angered brow: V. στυγνὴν ὀφρὺν λύσασα (Eur., Hippolytus 290).
soften: P. and V. πραΰνειν; see soften.
calm: P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plato), V. κοιμᾶν.
white at the same time we smooth the way to empire for them: P. τῆς ἀρχῆς ἅμα προκοπτόντων ἐκείνοις (Thuc. 4, 60).
