exchange
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀλλάσσειν (or mid.), μεταλλάσσειν, ἀνταλλάσσειν (or mid.), ἀμείβειν (or mid.) (Plato but rare P.), διαλλάσσειν, P. διαμείβειν (or. mid.).
take in exchange: P. and V. μεταλαμβάνειν (Euripides, Bacchae 302).
put in exchange: V. ἀντιτιθέναι.
exchange one thing for another: P. and V. ἀλλάσσειν (or mid.) (τί τινος or ἀντί τινος), ἀνταλλάσσειν (or mid.) (τί τινος or ἀντί τινος), διαλλάσσειν (P. τι ἀντί τινος, V. τί τινι).
I will exchange my white dress for black: V. πέπλων δε λευκῶν μέλανας ἀνταλλάξομαι (Euripides, Helen 1088).
exchange your tears for her wedding strains: V. δάκρυα δ' ἀνταλλάσσετε τοῖς τῆσδε μέλεσι… γαμηλίοις (Euripides, Troades 351).
substantive
P. ἀλλαγή, ἡ, μεταλλαγή, ἡ, V. διαλλαγή. ἡ, P. and V. ἀμοιβή, ἡ (Plato).
a taking in exchange: P. ἀντίληψις, ἡ.
something taken in exchange: V. ἀντάλλαγμα, τό.
numbers are but a poor exchange for a true friend: V. ἀλόγιστον δέ τι τὸ πλῆθος ἀντάλλαγμα γενναίου φίλου (Euripides, Orestes 1156).
they were liberated by an exchange of prisoners: P. ἀνὴρ ἀντ' ἀνδρὸς ἐλύθησαν (Thuc. 2, 103).
exchange of properly: P. ἀντίδοσις, ἡ
(there had been included in the bill) what the rate of exchange was: P. (ἐγέγραπτο) ὁπόσου ἡ καταλλαγὴ ἦν τῷ ἀργυρίῳ (Dem. 1216).
in exchange for, prep.: P. and V. ἀντί (gen.).
in exchange (in compounds): P. and V. ἀντί; e. g., give in exchange: V. and V. ἀντιδιδόναι.
