edge

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

of a weapon: V. ἀκμή, ἡ.

of a sword: V. κνώδων, ὁ.

of an axe: V. γένυς, ἡ, γνάθος, ἡ.

brink: P. χεῖλος, τό; see border.

brim: V. κρᾶτα (acc. sing.) (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 473); see lip.

the edge of: use P. and V., adj., ἄκρος (agreeing with subs.); e.g., the edge of the cup: P. and V. ἄκρος κύλιξ.

brow of a hill: V. ὀφρύη, ἡ, P. and V. κορυφή, ἡ; see brow.

extreme point: P. and V. τὰ ἔσχατα.

at the edge of the camp: V. πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου (Euripides, Supplices 661).

edge of the sea: see coast.

take the edge off, v.: Met.. P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.

they took the edge off operations in the field: P. τὰ ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ ἀμβλύτερα ἐποίουν (Thuc. 2, 65).

having lost its edge, adj.: P. and V. ἀμβλύς (Thuc. 3, 38).

worn down: V. προστετριμμένος (perf. part. pass. of προστρίβειν).

verb intransitive

edge away: P. ὑπεξέρχεσθαι.

it is edged with snakes like the aegis: V. κεκρασπέδωται δ' ὄφεσιν αἰγίδος τρόπον (Euripides, Ion, 1423).