engagement
From LSJ
θεοῦ θέλοντος κἂν ἐπὶ ῥιπὸς πλέοις → if God willed it, you could sail even on a straw mat | God willing, you may voyage on a mat
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
business: P. πραγματεία, ἡ. ἀσχολία, ἡ, ἐργασία, ἡ; see business.
conflict: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, μάχη, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. συμβολή, ἡ, ἀγωνία, ἡ, ἆθλος. ὁ, Ar. and P. σύνοδος. ἡ.
in the heat of the engagement they deserted to the Lacedaemonians: P. μετέστησαν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ παρὰ τούς Λακεδαιμονίους (Thuc. 1, 107).
promise: P. and V. ὑπόσχεσις, ἡ.
agreement, covenant: P. and V. σύμβασις, ἡ, συνθῆκαι, αἱ, σύνθημα, τό, P. συμβόλαιον, τό.
