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Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
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P. and V. αἴρειν, αὐξάνειν, αὔξειν, μεγαλύνειν ( | ===verb transitive=== | ||
[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἴρειν]], [[αὐξάνειν]], [[αὔξειν]], [[μεγαλύνειν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Bacchae]]'' 320), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀγκοῦν]], [[πυργοῦν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνάγειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[σεμνύνειν]], [[ἐπαυξάνειν]]; see also [[puff up]]. | |||
[[praise]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπαινέω]], [[ἐπαινεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐλογεῖν]]. | |||
[[prefer to honour]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προτιμᾶν]]. | |||
[[honour a god]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀγάλλειν]] ([[Plato]]). | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. αἴρειν, αὐξάνειν, αὔξειν, μεγαλύνειν (Euripides, Bacchae 320), Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦν, πυργοῦν, V. ἀνάγειν, P. σεμνύνειν, ἐπαυξάνειν; see also puff up.
praise: P. and V. ἐπαινέω, ἐπαινεῖν, Ar. and V. εὐλογεῖν.
prefer to honour: P. and V. προτιμᾶν.
honour a god: Ar. and P. ἀγάλλειν (Plato).