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ὅπου ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's
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[[tread a measure]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χορεύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσειν]]; see [[dance]], [[step]]. | [[tread a measure]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χορεύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσειν]]; see [[dance]], [[step]]. | ||
'''verb intransitive''' [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[βαδίζειν]] (also [[Euripides | '''verb intransitive''' [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[βαδίζειν]] (also [[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 544; [[Sophocles]] ''[[Electra]]'' 1502, but rare [[verse|V.]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βαίνειν]], [[στείχειν]], [[πατεῖν]]. | ||
[[tread down]]: [[prose|P.]] [[καταπατεῖν]] (acc.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πατεῖν]]; (acc.) ([[Plato]] also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]). | [[tread down]]: [[prose|P.]] [[καταπατεῖν]] (acc.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πατεῖν]]; (acc.) ([[Plato]] also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]). | ||
Revision as of 13:50, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
V. πατεῖν, ἐμπατεῖν, στείβειν, ἐπιστείβειν.
set foot on: P. and V. ἐμβαίνειν; (P. acc., V. acc., gen., or dat.), ἐπιβαίνειν (gen.), V. ἐπεμβαίνειν; (acc., gen., or dat.), ἐμβατεύειν (acc. or gen.), ἐπιστρέφεσθαι κατά (acc.).
traverse: P. and V. περιπολεῖν (acc.); see traverse.
tread the path of danger: V. κίνδυνον περᾶν (Aesch., Choe. 270).
tread a measure: P. and V. χορεύειν, V. ἑλίσσειν; see dance, step.
verb intransitive Ar. and P. βαδίζειν (also Euripides, Phoenissae 544; Sophocles Electra 1502, but rare V.), Ar. and V. βαίνειν, στείχειν, πατεῖν.
tread down: P. καταπατεῖν (acc.), P. and V. πατεῖν; (acc.) (Plato also Ar.).
trodden down, hard: use adj., P. ἀπόκροτος, V. στιπτός.
the leaves are trodden down as if one dwelt herein: V. στιπτή γε φυλλὰς ὡς ἐναυλίζοντί τῳ (Sophocles, Philebus 33).
tread under foot: use trample under foot.
tread upon: see tread, verb transitive
substantive
step: Ar. and V. βάσις, ἡ, βῆμα, τό.
foot-step: P. and V. ἴχνος, τό, V. στίβος, ὁ (also Xen.).
way of walking: P. βαδισμός, ὁ, βάδισμα, τό, Ar. and P. βάδισις, ἡ (Xen.), V. ἤλυσις, ἡ; use step.
treading the earth, adj., V. χθονοστιβής, πεδοστιβής.
