obligation

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

favour: P. and V. χάρις, ἡ.

be under an obligation: P. and V. χάριν ὀφείλειν.

I should be under great obligation to them for this charge: P. πολλὴν ἂν αὐτοῖς χάριν εἶχον ταύτης της κατηγορίας (Lys. 145).

that you may not think yourselves under any obligation to this detestable creature: P. ἵνα μηδ' ὀφείλειν οἴησθέ τι τῷ καταπτύστῳ, τούτῳ (Dem. 570).

duty: P. and V. τὸ προσῆκον.

compulsion: P. and V. ἀνάγκη, ἡ.