smooth
ἔστ' ἦμαρ ὅτε Φοίβος πάλιν ελεύσεται καὶ ες αεί ἔσσεται → the time will come when Apollo will return to stay forever
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
Glossy: Ar. and P. λιπαρός.
Level: P. ὁμαλός.
Polished: Ar. and V. ξεστός.
Of the sea: V. ἀκύμων, γαληνός; see calm.
Met., soft, gentle: P. and V. λεῖος (Plat.), πρᾶος, ἥσυχος, ἤπιος, Ar. and P. μαλακός, Ar. and V. μαλθακός.
Easy: P. and V. ῥᾴδιος, εὐπετής (Plat.); see easy.
Affable: see affable.
v. trans.
P. λειαίνειν (Plat.).
Level: P. ὁμαλύνειν (Plat.).
Smooth the brow: Ar. χαλᾶν μέτωπον (Vesp. 655).
Smooth your brow: V. μέθες νυν ὀφρύν (Eur., I. A. 648).
Smoothing your angered brow: V. στυγνὴν ὀφρὺν λύσασα (Eur., Hipp. 290).
Soften: P. and V. πραύνειν; see soften.
Calm: P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plat.), V. κοιμᾶν.
White at the same time we smooth the way to empire for them: P. τῆς ἀρχῆς ἅμα προκοπτόντων ἐκείνοις (Thuc. 4, 60).
