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Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)
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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μᾶλλον]]. | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μᾶλλον]]. | ||
[[I had rather]] (with infin.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βούλομαι μᾶλλον]], or [[verse|V.]] [[βούλομαι]] alone ([[Euripides | [[I had rather]] (with infin.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βούλομαι μᾶλλον]], or [[verse|V.]] [[βούλομαι]] alone ([[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 351). | ||
[[somewhat]]: with adj. and adv., use [[comparative]]. | [[somewhat]]: with adj. and adv., use [[comparative]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:45, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adverb
I had rather (with infin.): P. and V. βούλομαι μᾶλλον, or V. βούλομαι alone (Euripides, Andromache 351).
somewhat: with adj. and adv., use comparative.
rather weak: P. and V. ἀσθενέστερος.
nay rather: P. and V. μὲν οὖν.
let someone come forward and prove to me or rather to you that I am not speaking the truth: P. παρελθών τις ἐμοί, μᾶλλον δὲ ὑμῖν δειξάτω ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτ' ἐγὼ λέγω (Dem. 20).
