operation
From LSJ
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
virtue, operativeness: V. δύνασις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ.
in operation: use adj., P. ἐνεργός.
surgical operation: P. and V. τομή, ἡ (Euripides, Fragment).
operations in war: P. τὰ πολεμικά.
a most suitable place to use for our operations in Thrace: P. ἐπικαιρότατον χωρίον πρὸς τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης ἀποχρῆσθαι (Thuc. 1, 68).
