representation
From LSJ
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
likeness: P. and V. εἰκών, ἡ, μίμημα, τό, P. ἀφομοίωμα, τό.
picture: P. and V. γραφή, ἡ; see picture.
are you not satisfied of this that a name is a representation of a thing? P. πότερον τοῦτο οὐκ ἀρέσκει σε τὸ εἶναι τὸ ὄνομα δήλωμα τοῦ πράγματος; (Plato, Cratylus 433D).
dramatic representation: Ar. and P. δρᾶμα, τό.
comic representation: P. κωμῳδικὴ μίμησις.
make representations to, make overtures to: P. λόγους προσφέρειν (dat.).
