plot

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

plot of ground: P. γήπεδον, τό (Plato), V. γάπεδον, τό.

seditious design: P. ἐπιβουλή, ἡ, ἐπιβούλευμα, τό.

trick: P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), τέχνημα, τό, μηχαναί, αἱ, σόφισμα, τό.

intrigue: P. κατασκεύασμα, τό.

conspiracy: Ar. and P. συνωμοσία, ἡ.

plot (of a play): P. σύστασις, ἡ (Aristotle).

there are witnesses to prove that the whole thing was a plot: P. ὡς δε παρεσκευάσθη ἅπαντα… μάρτυρές εἰσι (Lys. 132).

join in a plot: P. συστασιάζειν (absol.).

be in the plot: P. and V. συνειδέναι (absol.).

be victim of a plot: P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύεσθαι (pass.).

verb transitive

devise: P. and V. συντιθέναι, μηχανᾶσθαι, τεχνᾶσθαι, βουλεύειν, Ar. and P. ἐπινοεῖν, Ar. and V. μήδεσθαι; see devise.

conspire for: P. ἐπιβουλεύειν (τι τινι).

Absol., form plots: P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύειν, V. μηχανορραφεῖν.

be cunning: Ar. and V. σοφίζεσθαι; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 744).

conspire: P. and V. συνομνύναι.

plot against: P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύειν; (dat.).

plot with, intrigue with: P. and V. πράσσειν; (dat., or πρός, acc., or εἰς, acc.).

join in plotting: V. συμφυτεύειν; (τι).

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