heap
ἔκδοτον σεαυτὴν τῷ σύροντι ποταμῷ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐᾶσαι → abandon yourself to the eddying flow of events
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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Ar. and P. σωρός, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and V. θωμός, ὁ, V. θίς, ὁ or ἡ. Quantity: P. and V. πλῆθος, τό. In a heap: use adj., P. and V. ἁθρόος. It is kept in this house among a heap of arms: V. σκύλων ἐν ὄχλῳ ταῖσδε σώζεται στέγαις (Eur., Hec. 1014). v. trans. P. and V. νεῖν, P. συννεῖν. Heap (earth): P. and V. χοῦν. Collect: P. and V. συλλέγειν, συμφέρειν; see collect. Heap on: P. and V. ἐπιτιθέναι (τί, τινι), ἐπιβάλλειν (τί, τινι). Heap up: P. ἐπιπαρανεῖν, Ar. ἐπινεῖν. Axles were heaped up on axles and dead on dead: V. ἄξονες τʼ ἐπʼ ἄξοσι νεκροί τε νεκροῖς ἐξεσωρεύονθʼ ὁμοῦ (Eur., Phoen. 1194). Others heap up a pyre: V. οἱ δὲ πληροῦσιν πυράν(Eur., Hec. 574).
