propitiate
From LSJ
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
the gods: P. ἱλάσκεσθαι (Plato).
appease: P. and V. πραΰνειν, P. παραμυθεῖσθαι, V. παρηγορεῖν, θέλγειν (also Plato but rare P.), μαλθάσσειν, Ar. and V. μαλάσσειν.
please: P. and V. ἀρέσκειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. and V. ἁνδάνειν (dat.); see please.
soothe: P. and V. κηλεῖν (Plato).
bring over to one's side: P. and V. προσάγεσθαι, προστίθεσθαι, προσποιεῖσθαι, P. εὐτρεπίζεσθαι; see win over.
