pitch

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

See throw.

verb intransitive

P. and V. πίπτειν; see fill.

pitch a camp: use encamp.

pitch (a tent): P. πηγνύναι.

pitch one's tent: Ar. and P. σκηνᾶσθαι (absol.) (Andoc. 33).

substantive

pitch of the voice: Ar. and P. τόνος, ὁ.

Met., come to such pitch: P. εἰς τοῦτο προήκειν.

highest pitch: use P. ἄκρον, τό.

come to such a pitch of folly: P. and V. εἰς τοῦτο (εἰς τοσοῦτο, εἰς τόδε) μωρίας ἀφικνεῖσθαι, προβαίνειν.

they are come to such a pitch of ignorance P. εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀναισθησίας προσήκουσι (Dem. 1233).

tar: P. and V. πίσσα, ἡ (Aesch., Fragment).

of pitch, adj.: V. πισσήρης.

cover with pitch, verb transitive: Ar. and P. καταπισσοῦν (acc.).