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===verb transitive=== | |||
[[hire]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μισθοῦσθαι]]. | |||
[[engage]] (the [[attention]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατέχειν]]. | |||
[[attack]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰς χεῖρας ἔρχεσθαι]] (dat.), [[συμβάλλειν]] (dat.), [[πόλεμον συνάπτειν]] (dat. or [[πρός]], acc.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συνίστασθαι]] (dat.), [[verse|V.]] [[μάχην συμβάλλειν]] (dat.), [[μάχην συνάπτειν]] (dat.), [[εἰς ἀγῶνα συμπίπτειν]] (dat.); see [[encounter]]. | |||
[[it happened in many places that two, or at some parts even more ships were perforce engaged with one]]: [[prose|P.]] συνετύγχανε πολλαχοῦ… δύο περὶ μίαν καὶ ἔστιν ᾗ καὶ πλείους ναῦς κατ' ἀνάγκην συνηρτῆσθαι ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 7, 70). | |||
[[bring into conflict]]: [[prose|P.]] [[συμβάλλειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[συνάγειν]], [[συνάπτειν]], [[συμφέρειν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντιτάσσειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντιτιθέναι]]. | |||
[[betroth]]: see [[betroth]]. | |||
===verb intransitive=== | |||
[[promise]], [[undertake]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπισχνεῖσθαι]], [[ὑφίστασθαι]], [[ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπίσχεσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποδέχεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐγγυᾶσθαι]]; see [[promise]]. | |||
[[engage in]], [[be engaged in]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[πραγματεύεσθαι]] (acc., or [[περί]], acc. or gen.). [[διατρίβειν]] ([[περί]], acc. or gen., or [[πρός]], acc.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπουδάζειν]] (acc., or [[περί]], acc. or gen.). | |||
[[engage in an enterprise]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὁμιλεῖν]] (dat.), [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.); see [[share]]. | |||
[[I am engaged]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀσχολία μοί ἐστι]]. | |||
[[manage]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πράσσειν]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 16 February 2023
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
hire: Ar. and P. μισθοῦσθαι.
engage (the attention): P. and V. κατέχειν.
attack: P. and V. εἰς χεῖρας ἔρχεσθαι (dat.), συμβάλλειν (dat.), πόλεμον συνάπτειν (dat. or πρός, acc.), Ar. and V. συνίστασθαι (dat.), V. μάχην συμβάλλειν (dat.), μάχην συνάπτειν (dat.), εἰς ἀγῶνα συμπίπτειν (dat.); see encounter.
it happened in many places that two, or at some parts even more ships were perforce engaged with one: P. συνετύγχανε πολλαχοῦ… δύο περὶ μίαν καὶ ἔστιν ᾗ καὶ πλείους ναῦς κατ' ἀνάγκην συνηρτῆσθαι (Thuc. 7, 70).
bring into conflict: P. συμβάλλειν, V. συνάγειν, συνάπτειν, συμφέρειν, P. and V. ἀντιτάσσειν, Ar. and V. ἀντιτιθέναι.
verb intransitive
promise, undertake: P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, ὑφίστασθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, V. ὑπίσχεσθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι; see promise.
engage in, be engaged in: Ar. and P. πραγματεύεσθαι (acc., or περί, acc. or gen.). διατρίβειν (περί, acc. or gen., or πρός, acc.), P. and V. σπουδάζειν (acc., or περί, acc. or gen.).
engage in an enterprise: P. and V. ὁμιλεῖν (dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.); see share.
