interpose
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
slip in: Ar. and P. παρεμβάλλειν.
put in front: P. and V. προβάλλειν, Ar. and P. προὔχειν (Xen.).
arbitrate, absol.: P. βραβεύειν, διαιτᾶν.
in conversation: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν.
nothing could have interposed to prevent our being at once engaged in hostilities against the Cardians and Cersobleptes: P. οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν ἐν μέσῳ πολεμεῖν ἡμᾶς πρὸς Καρδιανοὺς ἤδη καὶ Κερσοβλέπτην (Dem. 682).
oppose: P. and V. ἀνθίστασθαι; in words: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν; see oppose.
