invent

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

discover: P. and V. εὑρίσκειν, ἐφευρίσκειν, ἀνευρίσκειν, ἐξευρίσκειν, V. ἐξανευρίσκειν.

contrive: P. and V. μηχανᾶσθαι, τεχνᾶσθαι, τεκταίνεσθαι, Ar. and V. μήδεσθαι.

trump up: P. and V. πλάσσειν, P. συμπλάσσειν, συσκευάζειν, κατασκευάζειν; see trump up.

you will find them inventing things about me: P. ὄψεσθε… τούτους περὶ ἐμοῦ λογοποιοῦντας (Lys. 146).

men here are inventing tales of what is not happening and never will happen: P. ἐνθένδε ἄνδρες οὔτε ὄντα οὔτ' ἂν γενόμενα λογοποιοῦσι (Thuc. 6, 38).