bid
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κελεύειν (τινά τι), ἐπιτάσσειν (τινί τι), προστάσσειν (τινί τι), ἐπιστέλλειν (τινί τι), ἐπισκήπτειν (τινί τι), Ar. and V. ἐφίεσθαί (τινί τι); see command.
With infin.: P. and V. κελεύειν (acc.), ἐπιστέλλειν (acc. or dat.), ἐπιτάσσειν (dat.), προστάσσειν (dat.), τάσσειν (dat.), ἐπισκήπτειν (dat.), Ar. and V. ἐφίεσθαι (dat.), V. ἀνώγειν (acc.), αὐδᾶν (acc. or dat.), ἐννέπειν (acc. or dat.), λέγω, λέγειν (dat.), φωνεῖν (acc.), μυθεῖσθαι (absol.), ἐξεφίεσθαι (absol.).
bidagainst at an auction: P. ἀντωνεῖσθαι (dat. or absol.).
when these men were bidding against one another: P. τούτων ὑπερβαλλόντων ἀλλήλους (Lys. 165).
bid farewell: see farewell.
substantive
price offered: P. and V. ὠνή. ἡ.
make a bid for, Met.: see aim at.
