shed

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. καλύβη, ἡ, κλισίον, τό.

verb transitive

distribute: P. and V. διαδιδόναι; see scatter.

emit: P. and V. ἀνιέναι, ἀναδιδόναι, ἐξιέναι, ἀφιέναι, V. ἐξανιέναι.

shed feathers: Ar. and P. πτερορρυεῖν.

shed (tears): P. and V. ἐκχεῖν (Plato), V. χεῖν, λείβειν, προιέναι, ἐκβάλλειν, ἐλαύνειν (Euripides, Supplices 96), ἀποδιδόναι, ἐξανιέναι, μεθιέναι, P. ἀφιέναι, Ar. and V. βάλλειν.

nor did I shed tears from my eyes: οὔτ' ἀπ' ὀμμάτων ἔσταξα πηγάς (Euripides, h.F 1354).

shed tears over: V. καταστάζειν δάκρυ (gen.).

Met., see lament.

shed tears, weep: P. and V. δακρύειν; see weep.

shed blood: V. αἷμα χεῖν, αἷμα ἐκχεῖν, αἷμα πράσσειν.

In prose use kill.

my mother's blood has been shed by me: V. εἴργασται δ' ἐμοὶ μητρῷον αἷμα (Euripides, Orestes 284).

adjective

of blood: V. χυτός.