relax
Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. → While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
loosen: P. and V. ἀνιέναι, χαλᾶν (Plato), παριέναι, μεθιέναι, V. ἐξανιέναι.
remit: P. and V. ἀνιέναι, μεθιέναι, Ar. and V. ὑφιέναι (gen.) (or mid.), P. ἐπανιέναι.
if for moment we relax our precautions: P. εἰ ἀφαιρήσομέν τι καὶ βραχὺ τῆς τηρήσεως (Thuc. 7, 13).
relax one's anger: Ar. ὀργῆς ἀνιέναι, V. ὀργῆς ἐξανιέναι.
the law is relaxed: V. ὁ νόμος ἀνεῖται (Euripides, Orestes 941).
do not relax your hold of the common interests: μὴ… τοῦ κοινοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἀφίεσθε (Thuc. 2, 60).
be relaxed: P. and V. παρίεσθαι.
my limbs are relaxed: V. λύεταί μου μέλη (Euripides, Hecuba 438).
they were sleeping all with their limbs relaxed: V. ηὗδον δὲ πᾶσαι σώμασιν παρειμέναι (Euripides, Bacchae 683).
relax one's efforts through cowardice: P. μαλακίζεσθαι, Ar. and P. μαλθακίζεσθαι (Plato).
enervate: Ar. and P. θρύπτειν (rare in Act.), P. διαθρύπτειν.
