race

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

family: P. and V. γένος, τό, Ar. and V. γέννα, ἡ, γενέα, ἡ (Eur., Fragment; also Plato but rare P.), V. γονή, ἡ, σπέρμα, τό. ῥίζα, ἡ, ῥίζωμα, τό, σπορά, ἡ.

tribe: P. and V. ἔθνος, τό, φῦλον, τό.

gods of the race: P. and V. θεοὶ ὁμόγνιοι (Plato, V. θεοὶ γενέθλιοι, γενέται θεοί.

zeus, god of the race: P. and V. Ζεὺς ὁμόγνιος (Plato).

of the same race, adj.: P. and V. ὁμόφυλος.

the human race: use P. and V. οἱ ἄνθρωποι, Ar. and V. βροτοί, οἱ, θνητοί, οἱ.

running: P. and V. δρόμος, ὁ, V. δράμημα, τό.

contest: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἀγωνία, ἡ, ἆθλος, ὁ.

verb transitive

contend with: see under contend.

outstrip: see outstrip.

verb intransitive

contend: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι, V. ἐξαγωνίζεσθαι, ἐξαμιλλᾶσθαι.

run: P. and V. τρέχειν; see run.

hasten: P. and V. ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (rare P.), φέρεσθαι; see hasten.