knot

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. ἅμμα, τό (Plato).

Met., difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.

if you are here not to tighten but to help loose the knot: V. εἰ μὴ συνάψων ἀλλὰ συλλύσων πάρει (Soph., Ajax 1317).

knot of people: P. and V. σύστασις, ἡ, σύλλογος, ὁ.

gather in knots: P. κατὰ συστάσεις γίγνεσθαι (Thuc. 2, 21).

bond: P. and V. δεσμός, ὁ, σύνδεσμος, ὁ.

making a knot of their hair by the insertion of golden grasshoppers: P. χρυσῶν τεττίγων ἐνέρσει κρωβύλον ἀναδούμενοι τῶν ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τριχῶν (Thuc. 1, 6).

knob: Ar. and P. τύλος, ὁ (Xen.).

verb transitive

See tie.

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