reduce
ὁ γὰρ μανθάνων κιθαρίζειν κιθαρίζων μανθάνει κιθαρίζειν → he who is learning the harp, learns the harp by harping
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν, μειοῦν (Xen.).
cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.
subdue, put down: P. and V. καταστρέφεσθαι, κατεργάζεσθαι, καθαιρεῖν.
reduce by warfare: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).
reduce by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (absol.).
reduce by hunger: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν λιμῷ (Thuc. 1, 134).
get into one's power: P. and V. χειροῦσθαι, ὑποχείριον λαμβάνω, ὑποχείριον λαμβάνειν, P. ὑφ' ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖσθαι, V. χείριον λαμβάνω, χείριον λαμβάνειν (Eur., Cyclops).
reduce to order: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν.
reduce to a state: P. and V. καθιστάναι; (εἰς, acc.), P. κατάγειν (εἰς, acc.).
I was reduced to the depths of despair: P. εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην (Lys. 120). you see how I am reduced by sickness: P. ὁρᾶτε δὴ ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου (Thuc. 7, 77).
reduce (in bulk): P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν; (Plato).
when the suffering was reduced: V. ὅτε… ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων (Soph., Oedipus Coloneus 437).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕdūcĕ, v. reduco.
