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συνετῶν μὲν ἀνδρῶν, πρὶν γενέσθαι τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται· ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι → it is the part of prudent men, before difficulties arise, to provide against their arising; and of courageous men to deal with them when they have arisen
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[[introduce instead]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀντεισάγειν]]. | [[introduce instead]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀντεισάγειν]]. | ||
[[give in exchange]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντιδιδόναι]] ([[Euripides | [[give in exchange]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντιδιδόναι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' 28). | ||
[[substitute a child]] ([[by fraud]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑποβάλλεσθαι]]. | [[substitute a child]] ([[by fraud]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑποβάλλεσθαι]]. | ||
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[[changeling]]: [[verse|V.]] [[διάλλαγμα]], τό, or use [[prose|P.]] adj. [[ὑποβολιμαῖος]]. | [[changeling]]: [[verse|V.]] [[διάλλαγμα]], τό, or use [[prose|P.]] adj. [[ὑποβολιμαῖος]]. | ||
[[the multitude is but a sorry kind of substitute for a true friend]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλόγιστον δέ τι τὸ πλῆθος ἀντάλλαγμα γενναίου φίλου]] ([[Euripides | [[the multitude is but a sorry kind of substitute for a true friend]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλόγιστον δέ τι τὸ πλῆθος ἀντάλλαγμα γενναίου φίλου]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1156). | ||
[[the goddesses promised me that Admetus should escape immediate death]], [[if he found a substitute to die for him and satisfy the nether powers]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ᾔνεσαν δέ μοι θεαὶ Ἄδμητον ᾍδην τὸν παραυτίκ' ἐκφυγεῖν ἄλλον διαλλάξαντα τοῖς κάτω νεκρόν]] ([[Euripides | [[the goddesses promised me that Admetus should escape immediate death]], [[if he found a substitute to die for him and satisfy the nether powers]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ᾔνεσαν δέ μοι θεαὶ Ἄδμητον ᾍδην τὸν παραυτίκ' ἐκφυγεῖν ἄλλον διαλλάξαντα τοῖς κάτω νεκρόν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Alcibiades]]'' 12). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
change: P. and V. μεταλλάσσειν, διαλλάσσειν, ἀνταλλάσσειν, ἀμείβειν (Plato but rare P.).
choose instead: P. and V. ἀνθαιρεῖσθαι.
introduce instead: P. ἀντεισάγειν.
give in exchange: P. and V. ἀντιδιδόναι (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 28).
substitute a child (by fraud): P. and V. ὑποβάλλεσθαι.
substantive
Use V. adj. ἀντίσταθμος (Sophocles, Electra 571).
successor: use P. and V. adj., διάδοχος.
changeling: V. διάλλαγμα, τό, or use P. adj. ὑποβολιμαῖος.
the multitude is but a sorry kind of substitute for a true friend: V. ἀλόγιστον δέ τι τὸ πλῆθος ἀντάλλαγμα γενναίου φίλου (Euripides, Orestes 1156).
the goddesses promised me that Admetus should escape immediate death, if he found a substitute to die for him and satisfy the nether powers: V. ᾔνεσαν δέ μοι θεαὶ Ἄδμητον ᾍδην τὸν παραυτίκ' ἐκφυγεῖν ἄλλον διαλλάξαντα τοῖς κάτω νεκρόν (Euripides, Alcibiades 12).
