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===substantive=== | |||
[[limit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέτρον]], τό, [[ὅρος]], ὁ. | |||
[[circuit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περίβολος]], ὁ, [[κύκλος]], ὁ, [[περίδρομος]] ὁ ([[Plato]]), [[περιβολή]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]], [[περιφορά]], ἡ. | |||
[[pair of compasses]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διαβήτης]], ὁ ([[Plato]]). | |||
[[fetch a compass]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[περιβάλλειν]], [[περιπλεῖν]]. | |||
[[it is easy to pray]], [[gathering together in a small compass all one's desire]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εὔξασθαι ῥᾴδιον εἰς ταὐτὸ πάνθ' ὅσα βούλεταί τις ἁθροίσαντα ἐν ὀλίγῳ]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 33). | |||
[[within the compass of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐντός]] (gen.). | |||
===verb transitive=== | |||
[[encompass]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περιβάλλειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμπέχειν]], [[ἀμπίσχειν]], [[ἀμφιβάλλειν]], [[πυκάζειν]]; see [[cover]]. | |||
[[compass an object]]: [[prose|P.]] [[περιβάλλεσθαι]]; see [[contrive]], [[accomplish]]. | |||
[[compass]] (a [[person]]'s) [[death]], [[compass death]]: [[prose|P.]] [[παρασκευάζειν θάνατον]] (dat.). | |||
[[if, however, we compass not the death of Helen]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἢν δ' οὖν τὸν Ἑλένης μὴ κατάσχωμεν φόνον]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1149). | |||
[[if we compass our wishes]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐὰν κατάσχωμεν ἃ βουλόμεθα]] (Andoc. 6). | |||
[[include]]: see [[include]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 29 May 2024
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
limit: P. and V. μέτρον, τό, ὅρος, ὁ.
circuit: P. and V. περίβολος, ὁ, κύκλος, ὁ, περίδρομος ὁ (Plato), περιβολή, ἡ, Ar. and P., περιφορά, ἡ.
pair of compasses: Ar. and P. διαβήτης, ὁ (Plato).
fetch a compass, v.: P. περιβάλλειν, περιπλεῖν.
it is easy to pray, gathering together in a small compass all one's desire: P. εὔξασθαι ῥᾴδιον εἰς ταὐτὸ πάνθ' ὅσα βούλεταί τις ἁθροίσαντα ἐν ὀλίγῳ (Dem. 33).
within the compass of: P. and V. ἐντός (gen.).
verb transitive
encompass: P. and V. περιβάλλειν, V. ἀμπέχειν, ἀμπίσχειν, ἀμφιβάλλειν, πυκάζειν; see cover.
compass an object: P. περιβάλλεσθαι; see contrive, accomplish.
compass (a person's) death, compass death: P. παρασκευάζειν θάνατον (dat.).
if, however, we compass not the death of Helen: V. ἢν δ' οὖν τὸν Ἑλένης μὴ κατάσχωμεν φόνον (Euripides, Orestes 1149).
if we compass our wishes: P. ἐὰν κατάσχωμεν ἃ βουλόμεθα (Andoc. 6).
