dowry
From LSJ
ἄπαγ' ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών → get lost, buzz off, on yer bike, bug off, bugger off, clear out, clear off, take a hike, beat it, scram, get out of here, get outta here
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. προίξ, ἡ, P. and V. φερνή, ἡ.
bridal gifts: V. ἕδνα, τά (Euripides, Andromache 2, 153, 873).
bring dowry with one (of a wife): P. ἐπιφέρεσθαι προῖκα.
he took my mother to wife though she brought no dowry: P. τὴν ἐμὴν μητέρα ἔλαβεν οὐδὲν ἐπιφερομένην.
give as a dowry, v.: P. ἐπιδιδόναι.
giving her a dowry of twenty-five minae, besides clothes and ornaments: P. σὺν ἱματίοις καὶ χρυσίοις πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι μνᾶς ἐπιδούς (Isaeus 69).
without a dowry, adj.: P. ἄπροικος.
