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ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
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===substantive=== | |||
[[stake]], [[pledge]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐνέχυρον]], τό. | |||
[[contest]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀγών]], ὁ. | |||
[[lay a wager]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[περιδίδοσθαι]] (absol.). | |||
===verb transitive=== | |||
[[risk]], [[hazard]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[παραβάλλεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[παραρρίπτειν]]; see [[risk]]. | |||
Absol., | Absol., [[make a bet]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[περιδίδοσθαι]]. | ||
[[I am willing to wager my head]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[ἐθέλω περὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς περιδόσθαι]] (''[[Equites]]'' 791). | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 10 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
stake, pledge: Ar. and P. ἐνέχυρον, τό.
lay a wager: Ar. περιδίδοσθαι (absol.).
verb transitive
risk, hazard: Ar. and P. παραβάλλεσθαι, V. παραρρίπτειν; see risk.
Absol., make a bet: Ar. περιδίδοσθαι.
I am willing to wager my head: Ar. ἐθέλω περὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς περιδόσθαι (Equites 791).