slope

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. λόφος, ὁ, V. κλιτύς, ἡ.

since the city lay on a slope: P. οὔσης τῆς πόλεως πρὸς λόφον (Thuc. 4, 110).

on a gentle slope: P. ἐν ἠρέμα προσάντει (Plato).

verb intransitive

of ground: P. ἐπικλινὴς εἶναι.

Generally, slope into a thing: P. νεύειν εἰς (acc.).