profess
From LSJ
οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι.
practise: P. and V. ἐπιτηδεύειν.
claim: P. μεταποιεῖσθαι, (gen.), ἀντιποιεῖσθαι (gen.).
be a professor of: P. ἐπαΐειν (gen.) (Plato). Absol., P. and V. ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι.
boast: P. ἐπικομπεῖν, V. αὐχεῖν (also Thuc. but rare P.); see boast.
