heap

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Ar. and P. σωρός, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and V. θωμός, ὁ, V. θίς, ὁ or ἡ.

quantity: P. and V. πλῆθος, τό.

in a heap: use adj., P. and V. ἁθρόος.

it is kept in this house among a heap of arms: V. σκύλων ἐν ὄχλῳ ταῖσδε σώζεται στέγαις (Eur., Hecuba 1014).

verb transitive

P. and V. νεῖν, P. συννεῖν.

heap (earth): P. and V. χοῦν.

collect: P. and V. συλλέγειν, συμφέρειν; see collect.

heap on: P. and V. ἐπιτιθέναι (τί, τινι), ἐπιβάλλειν (τί, τινι).

heap up: P. ἐπιπαρανεῖν, Ar. ἐπινεῖν.

axles were heaped up on axles and dead on dead: V. ἄξονες τ' ἐπ' ἄξοσι νεκροί τε νεκροῖς ἐξεσωρεύονθ' ὁμοῦ (Eur., Phoenissae 1194).

others heap up a pyre: V. οἱ δὲ πληροῦσιν πυράν(Eur., Hecuba 574).