prove
τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός → and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
make trial or proof of: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), γεύεσθαι (gen.) (Plat.), Ar. and P. ἀποπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), Ar. and V. ἐκπειρᾶσθαι (gen.).
test: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν, Ar. and P. δοκιμάζειν, βασανίζειν.
show: P. and V. δεικνύναι, ἀποδεικνύναι, ἐνδείκνυσθαι, ἐπιδεικνύναι, P. τεκμηριοῦν, Ar. and P. ἀποφαίνειν.
bring home: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν.
prove oneself (a friend, etc.): P. and V. παρέχειν ἑαυτόν (acc.).
be proved (a friend, etc.): P. and V. ἐξετάζεσθαι, φαίνεσθαι, ἐκφαίνεσθαι (rare P.), Ar. and P. ἀναφαίνεσθαι.
be proved to have: P. and V. φαίνεσθαι ἔχων.
V. intrans. turn out: P. and V. ἐξέρχεσθαι, ἐκβαίνειν, P. ἀποβαίνειν, V. ἐξήκειν; see turn out.
