penetrate
καὶ ἄλλως δὲ πολυειδῶς συζευγνύουσι τοῖς πράγµασι τὰ µαθήµατα, ὡς καὶ τῶν πραγµάτων ὁµοιοῦσθαι τοῖς µαθήµασι δυναµένων καὶ τῶν µαθηµάτων τοῖς πράγµασι φύσιν ἐχόντων ἀπεικάζεσθαι καὶ ἀµφοτέρων πρὸς ἄλληλα ἀνθοµοιουµένων → they couple mathematical objects to things in several other ways as well, since things can be assimilated to mathematical objects, and mathematical objects can by nature be likened to things, both being in a relation of mutual resemblance
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
reach: P. and V. ἐξικνεῖσθαι (gen.) (or absol.), P. ἐφικνεῖσθαι (gen.) (or absol.).
if prayers penetrate beneath the earth, he hears us: V. εἴπερ γὰρ εἴσω γῆς ἀκοντίζουσ' ἀραί κλύει (Euripides, Orestes 1241).
pierce: V. διαπερᾶν, διέρχεσθαι (acc. or gen.).
break: P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (P. generally compounded), διαρρηγνύναι.
enter: P. and V. εἰσέρχεσθαι (εἰς, acc., V. also acc. alone). εἰσδύεσθαι (εἰς. acc., or V. acc. alone); see enter.
discover: P. and V. εὑρίσκειν, ἐφευρίσκειν, ἀνευρίσκειν, ἐξευρίσκειν, V. προσευρίσκειν. See
through, perceive: P. and V. γιγνώσκειν, μανθάνειν, αἰσθάνεσθαι (acc. or gen.).
be penetrated (by a feeling): P. and V. κατέχεσθαι, V. νικᾶσθαι.