divorce
From LSJ
τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
where the husband divorces the wife: P. ἀπόπεμψις, ἡ.
where the wife divorces the husband: P. ἀπόλειψις, ἡ.
Met., separation: P. διάλυσις, ἡ.
verb transitive
where the husband divorces the wife: P. ἐκπέμπειν, ἐκβάλλειν.
where the wife divorces the husband: P. ἀπολείπω, ἀπολείπειν.
Met., separate: P. and V. διαιρεῖν, διαλαμβάνειν; see separate.
virtue is nothing when divorced from sense: V. γνώμης γὰρ οὐδὲν ἁρετὴ μονουμένη (Eur., Fragment).
