canvass
From LSJ
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
paying court: P. θεραπεία, ἡ.
intrigue, lobbying: P. παραγγελία, ἡ.
verb transitive
examine, discuss: P. and V. σκοπεῖν, ἐπισκοπεῖν, ἐξετάζειν.
visit (to ask support): P. προσέρχομαι, προσέρχεσθαι (dat.) (Dem. 341).
canvass for (office): P. μνηστεύειν (acc.).
they canvassed the soldiers individually, urging them not to permit it: P. τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἕνα ἕκαστον μετῇσαν μὴ ἐπιτρέπω, ἐπιτρέπειν (Thuc. 8, 73).
