finish
ᾗ μήτε χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει → content neither with cloak nor rug, be never satisfied, can't get no satisfaction, be hard to please
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀνύτειν, κατανύτειν, πράσσειν, διαπράσσειν (or mid. in P.), ἐργάζεσθαι, κατεργάζεσθαι, περαίνειν, διαπεραίνειν, τελεοῦν (V. τελειοῦν), P. ἐπιτελεῖν, ἀποτελεῖν, V. ἐξανύτειν, τελεῖν (rare P.), τελευτᾶν, ἐκτελευτᾶν, ἐκπράσσειν. ἐκπεραίνειν; see also end.
verb intransitive
come to an end: P. and V. τέλος ἔχειν, τέλος λαμβάνειν, τελευτᾶν, V. ἐκτελευτᾶν; see also end, cease.
finish off: Ar. and P. ἀπεργάζεσθαι; met., see kill, destroy.
finish up: Ar. and P. ἀπεργάζεσθαι.
when they remained to finish up the work: P. παραμεινάντων ἐκείνων πρὸς τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τῶν ἔργων (Thuc. 3, 10).
substantive
P. and V. τέλος, τό, τελευτή, ἡ, πέρας, τό, καταστροφή, ἡ (Thuc.).
finishing touch: see finishing.
perfecting: P. ἀπεργασία, ἡ.
fight to the finish, verb intransitive: P. and V. διαμάχεσθαι.
