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χρώμεθα γὰρ πολιτείᾳ οὐ ζηλούσῃ τοὺς τῶν πέλας νόμους → we live under a form of government which does not emulate the institutions of our neighbours
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
give ear, v.: P. παρέχω, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα.
give ear to: P. and V. ἐνδέχεσθαι (acc. or absol.), P. ὑποδέχεσθαι (acc.), V. ἀκοὴν διδόναι (dat.); see hear.
he is within earshot: V. σύμμετρος γὰρ ὡς κλύειν (Soph., Oedipus Rex 84).
to within earshot: P. εἰς ἐπήκοον (Xen.).
riding up to within earshot: P. προσελάσαντες ἐξ ὅσου τις ἔμελλεν ἀκούσεσθαι (Thuc. 7, 73).
wishing to hear with their own ears: P. αὐτήκοοι βουληθέντες γένεσθαι (Thuc. 1, 133).
leaning forward a litlle to catch my ear: P. προσκύψας μοι σμικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς (Plato, Euthydemus 275E). set by the ears, verb transitive: Ar. and P. διιστάναι, P. διασπᾶν, πρὸς αὑτοὺς ταράσσειν.
box on the ear, subs.: Ar. and P. κόνδυλος, ὁ.
give a box on the ear: P. ἐπὶ κόρρης τύπτειν (acc.).
substantive
of corn: Ar. and V. σταχύς, ὁ, κάλυξ, ἡ.
be in the ear, v.: P. ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι, ἀκμάζειν.
in the sprouting of the ear: P. κάλυκος ἐν λοχεύμασι (Aesch., Agamemnon 1392).
about the time when the corn puts forth ears: P. περὶ σίτου ἐκβολήν (Thuc. 4, 1).
