absent
From LSJ
λόγος γέ τοί τις ἔστι τῶν γεραιτέρων, ὅσ' ἂν ἀνόητ' ἢ µῶρα βουλευσώµεθα, ἅπαντ' ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἡµῖν ξυµφέρειν → there is in fact a saying among the elders, that whatever thoughtless, stupid decisions we make, they all turn out for the best for us
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
from home: P. and V. ἔκδημος, V. θυραῖος.
forgetful: Ar. and P. ἐπιλήσμων.
be absent: P. and V. ἀπεῖναι, ἀποστατεῖν (Plato), P. ἀπογίγνεσθαι.
be from home: P. and V. ἐκδημεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀποδημεῖν.
it is nothing. finish your tale. I was absent in mind: V. οὐδὲν· πέραινε δ' ἐξέβην γὰρ ἄλλοσε (Eur., Iphigenia in Tauris 781).
