regulate
From LSJ
νίψον ἀνομήματα, μὴ μόναν ὄψιν → wash the sins, not only the face | wash my transgressions, not only my face
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Ar. and P. διοικεῖν, ταμιεύειν, P. and V. οἰκεῖν, νέμειν, Ar. and V. ἁρμόζειν, V. νωμᾶν, πορσύνειν; see manage, govern.
fix, appoint: P. and V. τάσσειν, προστάσσειν.
we cannot regulate the extent to which we wish our empire to reach: P. οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ταμιεύεσθαι εἰς ὅσον βουλόμεθα ἄρχειν (Thuc. 6, 18).
arrange in order: P. διατάσσειν, V. στοιχίζειν, διαστοιχίζεσθαι, διασταθμᾶσθαι.
