game

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. παιδιά, ἡ, P. παίγνιον, τό.

make game of, v.; P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), Ar. and P. σκώπτειν (acc., or εἰς, acc.), κωμῳδεῖν (acc.); see mock.

public games, subs.: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.

contend in the games, v.: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι.

animals for hunting, subs.: Ar. and P. θηρία, τά, P. and V. θήρα, ἡ (Xen.), V. θήρευμα, τό, ἄγρα, ἡ, ἄγρευμα. τό.

since I am surfeited with feasts of game: V. ὡς ἔκπλεώς γε δαιτός εἰμ' ὀρεσκόου (Euripides, Cyclops 247).

verb intransitive

gamble: Ar. and P. κυβεύειν.