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οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us (Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1129f.)
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===verb transitive=== | |||
[[prose|P.]] [[μαλάσσειν]]. | |||
[[knead]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀργάζειν]]. | |||
[[appease]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πραΰνειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[παραμυθεῖσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[θέλγειν]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[παρηγορεῖν]], [[μαλθάσσειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαλάσσειν]]; see [[soothe]]. | |||
[[charm]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κηλεῖν]]. | |||
[[be softened]]: use also [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τέγγεσθαι]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[μαλθακίζεσθαι]], [[πεπανθῆναι]] (1st aor. pass. of [[πεπαίνειν]]). | |||
[[mitigate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπικουφίζειν]], [[ἀπαντλεῖν]] ([[Plato]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξευμαρίζειν]]; see [[mitigate]]. | |||
[[soften down]], [[gloss over]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποκορίζεσθαι]]; see [[gloss over]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:27, 10 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
appease: P. and V. πραΰνειν, Ar. and P. παραμυθεῖσθαι, V. θέλγειν (also Plato but rare P.), παρηγορεῖν, μαλθάσσειν, Ar. and V. μαλάσσειν; see soothe.
be softened: use also P. and V. τέγγεσθαι (Plato but rare P.), V. μαλθακίζεσθαι, πεπανθῆναι (1st aor. pass. of πεπαίνειν).
mitigate: P. and V. ἐπικουφίζειν, ἀπαντλεῖν (Plato), V. ἐξευμαρίζειν; see mitigate.
soften down, gloss over: Ar. and P. ὑποκορίζεσθαι; see gloss over.
