background
From LSJ
μὴ εἴπῃς ὠς οὐκ ἔστι Ζεύς → don't say that there is no Zeus
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
there was one in the background ready to bid against us: P. ὁ ἀντωνούμενος… ὑπῆρχεν ἕτοιμος (Dem. 307).
keep in the back. ground, verb transitive: use P. ἐκποδὼν ποιεῖσθαι; see also hide; verb intransitive: use P. and V. ἐκποδὼν ἵστασθαι.
