temper

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. τρόπος, ὁ, or pl., ἦθος, τό, φύσις, ἡ.

mood: P. and V. ὀργή, ἡ, or pl.

good temper: P. εὐκολία, ἡ.

good tempered, adj.: Ar. and P. εὔκολος

bad temper: Ar. and P. δυσκολία.

bad tempered: P. and V. δύσκολος.

verb transitive

blend: P. and V. κεραννύναι, συγκεραννύναι.

temper metal: P. βάπτειν (cf. Sophocles, Ajax 651).

mitigate P. and V. ἐπικουφίζειν; see mitigate.

tempered by fire (of iron): V. ὀπτὸς ἐκ πυρός (Sophocles, Antigone 475).