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Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀργός]] ([[Euripides | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀργός]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 80), [[ῥᾴθυμος]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἄπονος]]. | ||
[[vain]], [[useless]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μάταιος]], [[κενός]], [[ἀνήνυτος]]. | [[vain]], [[useless]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μάταιος]], [[κενός]], [[ἀνήνυτος]]. | ||
[[he made no idle boast]]: [[verse|V.]] [[οὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος]] ([[Sophocles | [[he made no idle boast]]: [[verse|V.]] [[οὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Trachiniae]]'' 258). | ||
[[idle talk]], [[babble]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[λῆρος]], ὁ, [[φλυαρία]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[ληρήματα]], τά. | [[idle talk]], [[babble]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[λῆρος]], ὁ, [[φλυαρία]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[ληρήματα]], τά. | ||
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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀργεῖν]] ([[Euripides | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀργεῖν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 625), [[prose|P.]] [[ἀργῶς ἔχειν]], [[ῥᾳθυμεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλινύειν]]. | ||
[[sit idle]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθῆσθαι]]. | [[sit idle]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθῆσθαι]]. | ||
[[let one's hand be idle]]: [[verse|V.]] [[καταργεῖν χέρα]] ([[Euripides | [[let one's hand be idle]]: [[verse|V.]] [[καταργεῖν χέρα]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 753). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:33, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ἀργός (Euripides, Electra 80), ῥᾴθυμος, P. ἄπονος.
vain, useless: P. and V. μάταιος, κενός, ἀνήνυτος.
he made no idle boast: V. οὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος (Sophocles, Trachiniae 258).
idle talk, babble: Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ, φλυαρία, ἡ, P. ληρήματα, τά.
boast: P. κουφολογία, ἡ (Thuc.), V. κόμπος, ὁ, Ar. and V. κομπάσματα, τά.
verb intransitive
P. and V. ἀργεῖν (Euripides, Phoenissae 625), P. ἀργῶς ἔχειν, ῥᾳθυμεῖν, Ar. and V. ἐλινύειν.
let one's hand be idle: V. καταργεῖν χέρα (Euripides, Phoenissae 753).
