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[[employ]] ([[time]], etc.): [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διατρίβειν]], [[κατατρίβειν]]; see [[spend]]. | [[employ]] ([[time]], etc.): [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διατρίβειν]], [[κατατρίβειν]]; see [[spend]]. | ||
[[engage]] ([[attention]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατέχειν]] ([[Euripides | [[engage]] ([[attention]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατέχειν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Alcibiades]]'' 344). | ||
[[the Athenians were occupied in Melos]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐν τῇ Μήλῳ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι κατείχοντο]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 94, cf., [[Sophocles]], ''[[Trachiniae]]'' 249). | [[the Athenians were occupied in Melos]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐν τῇ Μήλῳ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι κατείχοντο]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 94, cf., [[Sophocles]], ''[[Trachiniae]]'' 249). | ||
Latest revision as of 13:45, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
take possession of: Ar. and P. καταλαμβάνειν.
hold: P. and V. ἔχειν, κατέχειν.
they themselves occupied the rest of the line (of battle): P. τὸ ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπεῖχον (Thuc.).
he occupies the end of the line: V. τάξιν ἐσχάτην ἔχει (Sophocles, Ajax 4).
dwell in: P. and V. ἔχειν (acc.), νέμειν (rare P.) (acc.), νέμεσθαι (mid.) (acc.); see inhabit.
employ (time, etc.): Ar. and P. διατρίβειν, κατατρίβειν; see spend.
engage (attention, etc.): P. and V. κατέχειν (Euripides, Alcibiades 344).
the Athenians were occupied in Melos: P. ἐν τῇ Μήλῳ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι κατείχοντο (Thuc. 3, 94, cf., Sophocles, Trachiniae 249).
occupy oneself: Ar. and P. πραγματεύεσθαι, διατρίβειν.
be occupied in: P. πραγματεύεσθαι (acc., or περί, acc., or gen.), Ar. and P. διατρίβειν (ἐν, dat.), ἐνδιατρίβειν (dat.).
