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ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
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[[when the suffering was reduced]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὅτε… ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Oedipus Coloneus]]'' 437). | [[when the suffering was reduced]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὅτε… ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Oedipus Coloneus]]'' 437). | ||
|λαμβάνειν]] (Eur., '' | |λαμβάνειν]] (Eur., ''[[Cyclops]]''). | ||
[[reduee to order]]: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν. | [[reduee to order]]: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν. | ||
Revision as of 07:23, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν, μειοῦν (Xen.).
cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.
subdue, put down: P. and V. καταστρέφεσθαι, κατεργάζεσθαι, καθαιρεῖν.
reduce by warfare: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).
reduce by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (absol.).
reduce by hunger: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν λιμῷ (Thuc. 1, 134).
get into one's power: P. and V. χειροῦσθαι, ὑποχείριον λαμβάνω, ὑποχείριον λαμβάνειν, P. ὑφ' ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖσθαι, V. χείριον λαμβάνω, χείριον λαμβάνειν (Eur., Cyclops).
reduce to order: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν.
reduce to a state: P. and V. καθιστάναι; (εἰς, acc.), P. κατάγειν (εἰς, acc.).
I was reduced to the depths of despair: P. εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην (Lys. 120). you see how I am reduced by sickness: P. ὁρᾶτε δὴ ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου (Thuc. 7, 77).
reduce (in bulk): P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν; (Plato).
when the suffering was reduced: V. ὅτε… ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων (Soph., Oedipus Coloneus 437).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕdūcĕ, v. reduco.
