protest

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb intransitive

speak in opposition: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν.

declare emphatically: P. διαμαρτύρεσθαι, P. and V. μαρτύρεσθαι; see assert.

protest against: use P. ἀγανακτεῖν ἐπί (dat.), σχετλιάζειν ἐπί (dat.).

protest against restoring (him) to his country: P. μαρτύρεσθαι… μὴ κατάγειν (Thuc. 8, 53).

substantive

P. ἀντιλογία, ἡ, σχετλιασμός, ὁ (Thuc. 8, 53); see remonstrance.

under protest: use adj., P. and V. ἄκων, οὐχ ἑκών (lit., unwilling).

he refuses to surrender him to them in spite of their protests: P. πολλὰ εἰποῦσι οὐκ ἐκδίδωσι (Thuc. 1, 137).