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οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior

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[[comfort]], [[cheer]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραμυθεῖσθαι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 298), [[verse|V.]] [[παρηγορεῖν]].
[[comfort]], [[cheer]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραμυθεῖσθαι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 298), [[verse|V.]] [[παρηγορεῖν]].


[[relieve from]], [[free from]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφιέναι]] ([[τινά τινος]]), [[ἀπαλλάσσειν]] ([[τινά τινος]]), [[ἀπολύειν]] ([[τινά τινος]]) ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1236), [[verse|V.]] [[κουφίζειν]] ([[τινά τινος]]); see [[deliver]].
[[relieve from]], [[free from]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφιέναι]] (τινά τινος), [[ἀπαλλάσσειν]] (τινά τινος), [[ἀπολύειν]] (τινά τινος) ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1236), [[verse|V.]] [[κουφίζειν]] (τινά τινος); see [[deliver]].


[[relieve from labour]]: [[verse|V.]] [[μόχθου ἐπικουφίζειν]].
[[relieve from labour]]: [[verse|V.]] [[μόχθου ἐπικουφίζειν]].

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verb transitive

alleviate: P. and V. ἐπικουφίζειν, ἀπαντλεῖν (Plato), V. ἐξευμαρίζειν; see alleviate.

put a stop to: P. and V. παύειν.

comfort, cheer: P. and V. παραμυθεῖσθαι (Euripides, Orestes 298), V. παρηγορεῖν.

relieve from, free from: P. and V. ἀφιέναι (τινά τινος), ἀπαλλάσσειν (τινά τινος), ἀπολύειν (τινά τινος) (Euripides, Orestes 1236), V. κουφίζειν (τινά τινος); see deliver.

relieve from labour: V. μόχθου ἐπικουφίζειν.

relieve from troubles: V. ἀποκουφίζειν κακῶν.

may the gods relieve you of your sickness: V. καί σε δαίμονες νόσου μεταστήσειαν (Sophocles, Philoctetes 462).

go to the help of: P. and V. βοηθεῖν (dat.); see help.

they made their attacks taking turns to relieve: P. ἀναπαύοντες ἐν τῷ μέρει τοὺς ἐπίπλους ἐποιοῦντο (Thuc. 4, 11).

relieve a person of a duty, etc., take it over from him: P. διαδέχεσθαι (τί τινι).

they did not relieve Nicias of the command: P. τὸν Νικίαν οὐ παρέλυσαν τῆς ἀρχῆς (Thuc. 7, 16).

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διαγλυφή, ἐκτύπωσις, ἀναγλυφή, ἀπότυψις