clock

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Used to regulate length of speeches in court: Ar. κλεψύδρα, ἡ.

stop the clock: P. ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕδωρ (Lys. 166).

what o'clock is it? Ar. and P. πηνίκ' ἐστί; see time.