shelter

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. σκέπη, ἡ (Plato), σκέπασμα, τό (Plato).

I have a secure shelter in this rock: V. ἐν τῇδε πέτρᾳ στέγν' ἔχω σκηνώματα (Euripides, Cyclops 324).

want of shelter: P. τὸ ἀστέγαστον.

a shelter for the purple fishers: V. πορφυρευτικαὶ στέγαι (Euripides, I.T. 263).

protection: P. and V. φυλακή, ἡ, σωτηρία, ἡ.

shelter from: P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό (gen.), V. ἔρυμα, τό (gen.), ῥύμα, τό (gen.), ἔπαλξις, ἡ (gen.), ἀλκή, ἡ, προβολή, ἡ (gen.).

place of refuge: P. and V. καταφυγή, ἡ, ἀποστροφή, ἡ, V. πύργον, ὁ.

fly for shelter, v.: P. and V. καταφεύγειν.

place to lodge: P. and V. κατάλυσις, ἡ, V. ξενόστασις, ἡ.

Met., take shelter behind: P. προβάλλεσθαί τι, προτείνεσθαί τι (Lit., put something before as an excuse).

under shelter of: see under cover of, under cover.

verb transitive

P. σκεπάζειν (Xen.), P. and V. στέγειν; (Xen.).

protect: P. and V. φυλάσσειν, διαφυλάσσειν; see protect.

shelter oneself behind: see take shelter behind, under shelter.