operation
From LSJ
ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς γῆρας ὑπερκρέμαται → old age hangs over one's head
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Work: P. and V. ἔργον, τό. Virtue, operativeness: V. δύνασις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ. In operation: use adj., P. ἔνεργος. Surgical operation: P. and V. τομή, ἡ (Eur., Frag.). Operations in war: P. τὰ πολεμικά. A most suitable place to usefor our operations in Thrace: P. ἐπικαιρότατον χωρίον πρὸς τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης ἀποχρῆσθαι (Thuc. 1, 68).
