earnest

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. σπουδαῖος (Soph., Fragment), ἔντονος, σύντονος, see eager.

be earnest, v.: P. and V. σπουδάζειν (Eur., Hecuba 337).

to speak not in earnest, but in jest: P. εἰπεῖν οὐ σπουδάζων ἀλλὰ παίζων (Lys. 170).

importunate: P. and V. λιπαρής.

substantive

earnest-money: P. ἀρραβών, ὁ. πρόδοσις, ἡ, Ar. and P. θέσις, ἡ.

pledge: P. and V. ἐγγύη, ἡ, πίστις, ἡ, V. ῥύσιον, τό; see pledge.

specimen: P. and V. παράδειγμα, τό, δείγμα, τό.

assurance: P. and V. πίστις, ἡ.