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Πυλάδη, σε γὰρ δὴ πρῶτον ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ πιστὸν νομίζω καὶ φίλον ξένον τ' ἐμοί → Pylades for indeed I consider you, foremost among men, loyal and kind and a host to me (Euripides' Electra 82-83)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
impression: P. and V. χαρακτήρ, ὁ, τύπος, ὁ, V. χάραγμα, τό.
mark on the body: P. and V. χαρακτήρ, ὁ (Eur., Electra 572).
marks of blows: P. ἴχνη πληγῶν (Plato, Gorgias 524C).
scar: P. and V. οὐλή, ἡ, V. σήμαντρον, τό:see also wound.
the attack that the disease made on the (sufferers) extremities left its mark: P. τῶν ἀκρωτηρίων ἀντίληψις αὐτοῦ (τοῦ κακοῦ) ἐπεσημαίνεν (Thuc. 2, 49).
object at which one aims: P. and V. σκοπός, ὁ.
beside the mark: P. ἔξω τοῦ πράγματος, Ar. and P. ἔξω τοῦ λόγου.
there is a difference between speaking much and speaking to the mark: V. χωρὶς τό τ' εἰπεῖν πολλὰ καὶ τὰ καίρια (Soph., Oedipus Coloneus 808).
a man of mark: use adj., P. εὐδόκιμος, ἀξιόλογος; see famous.
make one's mark: Ar. and P. εὐδοκιμεῖν.
be wide of the mark: see err.
verb transitive
marked, scarred: V. ἐσφραγισμένος (perf. part. of σφραγίζειν).
set a mark on: P. and V. ἐπισημαίνειν (τινί), P. ἐνσημαίνεσθαι (τινί τι); see stamp.
wound: P. and V. τραυματίζειν, τιτρώσκειν.
notice: P. and V. νοῦν ἔχειν πρός (dat. or acc.), ἐπισκοπεῖν, ἐννοεῖν (or mid.), νοεῖν (or mid.), Ar. and P. προσέχειν (dat.), προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν (dat.). Absol.. P. and V. ἐνδέχεσθαι; see notice.
he found himself marked down for slaughter: P. αὑτὸν ηὗρεν ἐγγεγραμμένον κτείνειν (Thuc. 1, 132).
