wax

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Ar. and P. κηρός, ὁ, κηρίον, τό.

(I tell you) that nothing has been securely sealed that you cannot break the wax: Ar. μηδὲν οὕτως εὖ σεσημάνθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχὶ τοὺς ῥύπους ἀνασπάσαι (Lys. 1198).

verb intransitive

increase: P. and V. αὐξάνεσθαι, αὔξεσθαι, P. ἐπαυξάνεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐπιδιδόναι, V. ὀφέλλεσθαι.

flourish: P. and V. εὐθενεῖν, θάλλειν (Plato but rare P.); see flourish.

become: P. and V. γίγνομαι, γίγνεσθαι.