relief
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
alleviation: P. and V. ἀναψυχή, ἡ (Plato), παραψυχή, P. παραμύθιον, τό, κούφισις, ἡ (Thuc.), V. ἀνακούφισις, ἡ.
cessation: P. and V. ἀνάπαυλα, ἡ, παῦλα, ἡ.
have relief from: P. and V. λωφᾶν (gen.).
when his body hath relief from sickness: V. ὅταν μὲν σῶμα κουφισθῇ νόσου (Eur., Orestes 43).
recreation: P. ῥᾳστώνη, ἡ.
breathing space: P. and V. ἀναπνοή, ἡ (Plato), V. ἀμπνοή, ἡ.
relief from: P. and V. ἀνάπαυλα, ἡ (gen.), παῦλα, ἡ (gen.), διάλυσις, ἡ (gen.), V. ἀνακούφισις, ἡ (gen.).
riddance: P. and V. λύσις, ἡ, ἀπαλλαγή, ἡ.
reliefs, relays. — Apportioning (the work) among themselves in reliefs: P. διηρῃμένοι κατ' ἀναπαύλας (Thuc. 2, 75).
when the Phocian general sent for the cavalry from Argura to act as reliefs: P. ἐπειδὴ ὁ στρατηγὸς Φωκίων μετεπέμπετο τοὺς ἐξ Ἀργούρας ἱππέας ἐπὶ τὴν διαδοχήν (Dem. 567).
fifty trireme set sail as reliefs and put in at Egypt: P. πεντήκοντα τριήρεις διάδοχοι πλέουσαι ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἔσχον (Thuc. 1, 110).
in sculpture, work in relief: P. ἐκτύπωμα, τό, V. τύποι, οἱ (Eur., Phoenissae 1130). work in relief, verb transitive: P. ἐκτυποῦν.
