regulate
From LSJ
μηδέ μοι ἄκλαυστος θάνατος μόλοι, ἀλλὰ φίλοισι καλλείποιμι θανὼν ἄλγεα καὶ στοναχάς → may death not come to me without tears, but when I die may I leave my friends with sorrow and lamentation
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Ar. and P. διοικεῖν, ταμιεύειν, P. and V. οἰκεῖν, νέμειν, Ar. and V. ἁρμόζειν, V. νωμᾶν, πορσύνειν; see manage, govern.
fix, appoint: P. and V. τάσσειν, προστάσσειν.
we cannot regulate the extent to which we wish our empire to reach: P. οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ταμιεύεσθαι εἰς ὅσον βουλόμεθα ἄρχειν (Thuc. 6, 18).
arrange in order: P. διατάσσειν, V. στοιχίζειν, διαστοιχίζεσθαι, διασταθμᾶσθαι.
