undertake
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), αἴρεσθαι, ἀναιρεῖσθαι, ὑφίστασθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζεσθαι, P. ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).
of mine own will I undertook this labour: V. ἐγὼ 'θελοντὴς τῷδ' ὑπεζύγην πόνῳ (Soph., Ajax 24).
undertake in addition: P. προσαναιρεῖσθαι.
undertake with another: P. and V. συναίρεσθαι (τί τινι).
promise, trans. or absol.: P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, ἐπινεύειν, V. ὑπίσχεσθαι, συναινεῖν (also Xen.), αἰνεῖν, καταινεῖν, P. κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι; see promise.
Absol., P. and V. ὑφίστασθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, ἀναδέχεσθαι, V. ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι.