bind
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. δεῖν, συνδεῖν, V. ἐκδεῖν.
crown, wreathe: Ar. and P. ἀναδεῖν.
fasten: P. and V. συνάπτειν, προσάπτειν, ἀνάπτειν, καθάπτειν (Xen.), Ar. and V. ἐξάπτειν, V. ἐξανάπτειν; see fasten.
make fast: V. ὀχμάζειν, σφίγγειν, κιρκοῦν.
Met., hold together: P. and V. συνδεῖν, συνέχειν.
bind round: Ar. and P. περιδεῖν.
bind under: Ar. and P. ὑποδεῖν.
put in bonds: P. and V. δεῖν, συνδεῖν, δεσμεύειν (Plato), πεδᾶν (Plato but rare P.).
bind hand and foot: P. συνδεῖν τους πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας (Plato, Euthyphro 4C).
