wipe
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Ar. and P. ἀπομάσσειν, Ar. περιψῆν.
wipe one's nose: P. and V. ἀπομύσσειν (Plato, and Eur., Cyclops 562; also mid. Ar.).
sponge: Ar. and P. σπογγίζειν; see also clean.
wipe away: Ar. also V. ἀποψῆν, ἐξομοργνύναι (or mid.), Ar. ἀπομόργνυσθαι, V. ἐκμάσσειν; Met., see wipe out.
wipe down: Ar. and P. καταψῆν, P. and V. ψήχειν (also Ar.); see rub down.
wipe out (Met., destroy): P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν, καθαιρεῖν, ἀφανίζω, ἀφανίζειν; see destroy.
obliterate: P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν, ἀφανίζω, ἀφανίζειν.
wipe out a disgrace from another: P. ἀπολύειν.
wipe out a disgrace from oneself: P. ἀπολύεσθαι.
I will wipe out from my life the dishonour that awaits one: V. δύσκλειαν ἣ μένει μ' ἀπώσομαι βίου (Eur., Hercules Furens 1152).
