idle

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. ἀργός (Euripides, Electra 80), ῥᾴθυμος, P. ἄπονος.

vain, useless: P. and V. μάταιος, κενός, ἀνήνυτος.

he made no idle boast: V. οὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος (Sophocles, Trachiniae 258).

idle talk, babble: Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ, φλυαρία, ἡ, P. ληρήματα, τά.

boast: P. κουφολογία, ἡ (Thuc.), V. κόμπος, ὁ, Ar. and V. κομπάσματα, τά.

verb intransitive

P. and V. ἀργεῖν (Euripides, Phoenissae 625), P. ἀργῶς ἔχειν, ῥᾳθυμεῖν, Ar. and V. ἐλινύειν.

sit idle: P. and V. καθῆσθαι.

let one's hand be idle: V. καταργεῖν χέρα (Euripides, Phoenissae 753).