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[[prostrate oneself before]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσκυνεῖν]] (acc.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσπίπτειν]] (acc. or dat.), [[verse|V.]] [[προσπίτνειν]] (acc. or dat.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[προκυλινδεῖσθαι]] (gen. or dat.). | [[prostrate oneself before]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσκυνεῖν]] (acc.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσπίπτειν]] (acc. or dat.), [[verse|V.]] [[προσπίτνειν]] (acc. or dat.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[προκυλινδεῖσθαι]] (gen. or dat.). | ||
[[be prostrated]] ([[ | [[be prostrated]] (by [[illness]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κάμνειν]], [[νοσεῖν]]. | ||
[[be prostrated]] ([[ | [[be prostrated]] (by [[grief]]), etc.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκπλήσσεσθαι]], [[πιέζεσθαι]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 21 April 2024
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. καταβάλλειν.
prostrate oneself: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν, Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (also Xen. but rare P.), V. προσπίτνειν.
prostrate oneself before: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν (acc.), Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (acc. or dat.), V. προσπίτνειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. and P. προκυλινδεῖσθαι (gen. or dat.).
be prostrated (by illness): P. and V. κάμνειν, νοσεῖν.
be prostrated (by grief), etc.: P. and V. ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, πιέζεσθαι.
adjective
lie prostrate, v.: P. and V. κεῖσθαι.
fall prostrate: P. and V. πίπτειν, καταπίπτειν (Euripides, Cyclops).
the prostrate body of his dead father: V. ὑπτίασμα κειμένου πατρός (Aesch., Agamemnon 1285).
