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verb transitive

P. and V. κτᾶσθαι, κατακτᾶσθαι, λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν, Ar. and V. πεπᾶσθαι (perf. infin. of πάεσθαι) (also Xen. but rare P.); see also P. and V. φέρεσθαι, ἐκφέρεσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, εὑρίσκεσθαι, Ar. and V. φέρω, φέρειν (also Plato but rare P.), εὑρίσκειν, V. ἄρνυσθαι (also Plato but rare P.), ἀνύτεσθαι, κομίζειν.

fetch: P. and V. φέρω, φέρειν, κομίζειν, ἄγω, ἄγειν, V. πορεύειν.

attain to, reach, obtain: P. and V. τυγχάνειν (gen.), Ar. and V. κυρεῖν (gen.).

get in addition: P. and V. ἐπικτᾶσθαι, προσλαμβάνειν, P. προσκτᾶσθαι.

get in return: P. ἀντιτυγχάνειν (gen.).

help to get: P. συγκτᾶσθαι (τινί), συγκατακτᾶσθαι (τινί τι).

get a person to do a thing: P. and V. πείθειν τινα ποιεῖν τι or ὥστε ποιεῖν τι.

get a thing done: P. and V. πράσσειν ὅπως τι γενήσεται.

verb intransitive

become: P. and V. γίγνομαι, γίγνεσθαι.

get at, reach, verb transitive: P. and V. ἐξικνεῖσθαι (gen. or acc.); see reach, met., intrigue with: P. κατασκευάζειν (acc.).

get back, recover: P. and V. ἀνακτᾶσθαι, κομίζεσθαι, ἀναλαμβάνειν, P. ἀνακομίζεσθαι, V. κομίζειν; see recover.

get on with, have dealings with: P. and V. συγγίγνεσθαι (dat.); see have dealings with, under dealings.

difficult to get on with: V. συναλλάσσειν βαρύς.

get off, be acquitted: P. and V. φεύγω, φεύγειν, σώζεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀποφεύγειν.

fare (after any enterprise): P. and V. ἀπαλλάσσειν, ἀπέρχεσθαι, V. ἐξαπαλλάσσεσθαι.

do you think after cheating us that you should get off scot free: Ar. μῶν ἀξιοῖς φενακίσας ἡμᾶς ἀπαλλαγῆναι ἀζήμιος (Pl. 271).

get oneself into trouble: P. εἰς κακὸν αὑτὸν ἐμβάλλειν (Dem. 32).

what troubles I've got myself into: Ar. εἰς οἷ' ἐμαυτὸν εἰσεκύλισα πράγματα (Thesmophoriazusae 651).

get out of: see quit, escape.

get out of what one has said: P. ἐξαπαλλάσσεσθαι τῶν εἰρημένων (Thuc. 4, 28), ἐξαναχωρεῖν τὰ εἰρημένα (Thuc. 4, 28).

get round, cheat: Ar. περιέρχεσθαι (acc.).

get over: see under over.

get the better of: P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.), πλέον ἔχειν (gen.), πλέον φέρεσθαι (gen.); see conquer.

get the worst of it: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, P. ἔλασσον ἔχειν, ἐλασσοῦσθαι.

get to: see reach.

get together, verb transitive: P. συνιστάναι; see collect.

get up, contrive fraudulently: P. κατασκευάζειν; see trump up.

prepare: P. and V. παρασκευάζειν; see prepare.

I got you up (dressed you up) as Hercules in fun: Ar. ὁτιή σε παίζων Ἡρακλέα 'νεσκεύασα (Ran. 523).

rise up: P. and V. ἀνίστασθαι, ἐξανίστασθαι, V. ὀρθοῦσθαι.