loose

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

of consistency; P. μανός.

slack: Ar. and P. χαλαρός. P. and V. ἀνειμένος.

your girdle is loose: V. ζῶναι… χαλῶσι (Euripides, Bacchae 935).

inexact: P. and V. οὐκ ἀκριβής.

not firm: P. and V. οὐ βέβαιος.

at liberty, at large: P. and V. ἄφετος, ἀνειμένος.

wanton: P. and V. ἀκόλαστος, ἀνειμένος. Ar. and P. τρυφερός.

break loose, v.; see escape.

let loose: see loose, v.

let loose upon: see launch against.

verb transitive

P. and V. λύω, λύειν, ἐκλύειν; see undo, free, deliver: P. and V. ἐλευθεροῦν, ἀφιέναι, ἀπαλλάσσειν, ἐκλύειν (or mid.), λύω, λύειν, ἀπολύειν (Euripides, Orestes 1236), V. ἐξαπαλλάσσειν (also Thuc. in pass.).

relax: P. and V. ἀνιέναι, χαλᾶν, μεθιέναι. P. ἐπανιέναι. V. ἐξανιέναι.

help to loose: V. συλλύειν.

help to deliver: P. συνελευθεροῦν (acc.).