pitch
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
See throw.
verb intransitive
pitch a camp: use encamp.
pitch one's tent: Ar. and P. σκηνᾶσθαι (absol.) (Andoc. 33).
substantive
pitch of the voice: Ar. and P. τόνος, ὁ.
Met., come to such pitch: P. εἰς τοῦτο προήκειν.
highest pitch: use P. ἄκρον, τό.
come to such a pitch of folly: P. and V. εἰς τοῦτο (εἰς τοσοῦτο, εἰς τόδε) μωρίας ἀφικνεῖσθαι, προβαίνειν.
they are come to such a pitch of ignorance P. εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀναισθησίας προσήκουσι (Dem. 1233).
tar: P. and V. πίσσα, ἡ (Aesch., Fragment).
cover with pitch, verb transitive: Ar. and P. καταπισσοῦν (acc.).
