old woman

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Μή μοι γένοιθ', ἃ βούλομ', ἀλλ' ἃ συμφέρει → Ne sit mihi, quod cupio, sed quod expedit → nicht was ich will, geschehe mir, doch was mir nützt

Menander, Monostichoi, 366

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substantive

P. and V. γραῦς, ἡ. πρεσβῦτις, ἡ (rare P.), γραῖα, ἡ (Plato, Lys. 205D, but rare P.), Ar. and P. γρᾴδιον, τό.

Translations

Abaga: a·ntenanai; Albanian: plakë, grua e vjeter; Arabic: عَجُوز; Armenian: պառավ; Aromanian: moashi, babã, oamã; Azerbaijani: qarı, nənə, yaşlı qadın, qoca arvad, ağbirçək; Bashkir: әбей, инәй, ҡарсыҡ; Basque: atso; Belarusian: старая, баба, старушка; Bulgarian: старица; Burmese: အဘွားကြီး, အမယ်ကြီး, အဘွားအို; Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ; Chinese Dungan: лопәр, лопәзы; Mandarin: 老婦人, 老妇人, 老太太, 老大媽, 老大妈, 老太婆, 老婦, 老妇, 老嫗, 老妪; Crimean Tatar: qurtqa; Czech: stařena; Dutch: oude vrouw, ouwe vrouw; Estonian: vanaeit; Evenki: атыркан; Finnish: akka; French: vieille, vieille dame, vieille femme; Galician: vella; Georgian: მოხუცი; German: alte Frau, Alte, Greisin, Seniorin; Greek: γριά; Ancient Greek: γρᾴδιον, γραία, γραῖα, γραίδιον, γραΐδιον, γραίη, γραΐς, γραῦς, γρηΰς, γρηῦς, γυνὴ γραῦς, δαλλώ, κύβηξ, πρεσβῦτις, σάρον, τηθία; Hindi: बुढ़िया; Hungarian: öregasszony; Indonesian: ibu tua; Ingrian: ämmä, ämmö, akka, staruhha; Irish: seanbhean, seanchailleach; Japanese: お婆さん, ばばあ, 老婆; Kazakh: кемпір; Khmer: អ្នកចាស់; Korean: 노파(老婆), 로파(老婆), 노부인(老婦人), 로부인(老婦人), 할머니; Kurdish Central Kurdish: پیرەژن, پیرێژن; Kyrgyz: кемпир; Latin: vetula, anus; Latvian: vecene; Ligurian: vêgia; Lithuanian: senė, senutė, senelė; Macedonian: старица; Malayalam: വൃദ്ധ, വയോധിക; Mon: လ ဗြဴ; Mongolian Cyrillic: эмгэн; Northern Ohlone: kétnéts; Ojibwe: mindimooyenh; Persian: پیرزن; Polabian: bobo; Polish: staruszka, baba, babcia, starucha; Portuguese: velha, idosa, anciã; Quechua: chakwas, paya, cakwan; Romanian: bătrână, babă; Russian: старуха, старушка, старица, бабушка, баба, бабка, пожилая женщина; Scots: cailleach, auld wife; Scottish Gaelic: cailleach; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ста̏рица; Roman: stȁrica; Slovak: starena; Slovene: starka; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: baba; Southern Altai: куртуйак, тайнеш, таай эне; Spanish: vieja, anciana, viejita, viejecita, señora mayor; Swedish: gumma; Tajik: пиразан, кампир, аҷуза; Taos: łȉwʼȕʼúna; Telugu: వృద్ధురాలు; Thai: แม่แก่, ยายแก่, หญิงแก่; Turkish: teyze; Ukrainian: стара, старуха, баба, старушка; Uyghur: خوتۇن, ئايلا, ئاپا, ئانا; Uzbek: kampir; Vietnamese: bà lão, bà già