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Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
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===verb transitive=== | |||
P. and V. νεῖν; see also [[weave]]. | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[νεῖν]]; see also [[weave]]. | ||
of [[destiny spinning the threads of life]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπικλώθειν]] ([[Plato]] and [[Euripides]], Or. 12). | |||
[[make to revolve]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στρέφειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κυκλεῖν]], [[στροβεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσειν]], [[εἱλίσσειν]] ([[once Aristophanes|Ar]].) [[δινεῖν]] (also pass. in [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]). | |||
===verb intransitive=== | |||
[[revolve]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κυκλεῖσθαι]], [[στρέφεσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[περιστρέφεσθαι]], [[περιφέρεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσεσθαι]], [[εἱλίσσεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στροβεῖσθαι]]. | |||
[[spin out]]: Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μηκύνειν]], [[τείνειν]], [[ἐκτείνειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποτείνειν]], [[ἀπομηκύνειν]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. νεῖν; see also weave.
of destiny spinning the threads of life: P. and V. ἐπικλώθειν (Plato and Euripides, Or. 12).
make to revolve: P. and V. στρέφειν, Ar. and V. κυκλεῖν, στροβεῖν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν (Ar.) δινεῖν (also pass. in Plato but rare P.).
verb intransitive
revolve: P. and V. κυκλεῖσθαι, στρέφεσθαι, P. περιστρέφεσθαι, περιφέρεσθαι, V. ἑλίσσεσθαι, εἱλίσσεσθαι, Ar. and V. στροβεῖσθαι.
spin out: Met., P. and V. μηκύνειν, τείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, P. ἀποτείνειν, ἀπομηκύνειν.
