action
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
opposed to idleness: P. and V. πρᾶξις, ἡ; see act.
the hands of the young are braced for action: V. νέων τοι δρᾶν μὲν ἔντονοι χέρες (Euripides, Fragment).
at law: P. and V. δίκη, ἡ, ἀγών, ὁ.
bring action against: P. εἰς ἀγῶνα καθιστάναι (acc.).
virtue, power (of drugs, etc.): V. δύνασις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ.
put ships out of action: P. ναῦς ἄπλους ποιεῖν (Thuc. 7, 34).
some seven (ships) were put out of action: P. ἑπτά τινες ἄπλοι ἐγένοντο (Thuc. 7, 34).
