smooth

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. λεῖος, V. λευρός.

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 (Plato), πρᾶος, ἥσυχος, ἤπιος, Ar. and P. μαλακός, Ar. and V. μαλθακός.

easy: P. and V. ῥᾴδιος, εὐπετής (Plato); see easy.

affable: see affable.

verb transitive

P. λειαίνειν (Plato).

level: P. ὁμαλύνειν (Plato).

smooth the brow: Ar. χαλᾶν μέτωπον (Vespae 655).

smooth your brow: V. μέθες νυν ὀφρύν (Eur., Iphigenia in Aulis 648).

smoothing your angered brow: V. στυγνὴν ὀφρὺν λύσασα (Eur., Hippolytus 290).

soften: P. and V. πραύνειν; see soften.

calm: P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plato), V. κοιμᾶν.

white at the same time we smooth the way to empire for them: P. τῆς ἀρχῆς ἅμα προκοπτόντων ἐκείνοις (Thuc. 4, 60).