rank
κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
class: P. and V. τιθέναι; see also reckon.
verb intransitive
rank with, be classed with: P. and V. τελεῖν εἰς (acc.).
substantive
condition, station: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ, ἀξίωμα, τό.
high rank: P. and V. ἀξίωμα, τό, δόξα, ἡ, εὐδοξία, ἡ.
nobility, high birth: P. and V. γενναιότης, ἡ, τὸ γενναῖον, εὐγένεια, ἡ (Plato).
line of soldiers: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ, Ar. and V. στίχες, αἱ, P. παράταξις, ἡ.
the front rank: P. ἡ πρώτη τάξις.
be in the front rank, v.: Met., P. πρωτεύειν.
rank and file (as opposed to officers): use Ar. and P. οἱ στρατιῶται.
when he failed to convince either the generals or the rank and file: P. ὡς οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτας (Thuc. 4, 4).
adjective
ill-smelling: P. and V. δυσώδης, Ar. and V. κάκοσμος (Aesch., Fragment).
