mouth

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. στόμα, τό.

mouth of a river, cave, etc.: P. and V. στόμα, τό, στόμιον, τό, P. ἐκβολή, ἡ.

a cave with two mouths: V. δίστομος πέτρα, ἡ, ἀμφιτρὴς αὔλιον, τό.

way out: P. and V. ἔξοδος, ἡ.

way in: P. and V. εἴσοδος, ἡ.

be in every one's mouth: V. διὰ στόμα εἶναι.

by word of mouth: P. ἀπὸ στόματος, P. and V. ἀπὸ γλώσσης (Thuc. 7, 10).

what is inside and written in the folds of the letter I will tell you by word of mouth: V. τἄνοντα κἀγγεγραμμέν' ἐν δέλτου πτυχαῖς λόγῳ, φράσω σοι (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 760).

take the words out of one's mouth, v.:Ar. and P. ὑφαρπάζειν (absol.), P. ὑπολαμβάνειν (absol.), V. ἁρπάζειν (acc.) (Euripides, Hercules Furens 535).