earnest
From LSJ
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. σπουδαῖος (Soph., Fragment), ἔντονος, σύντονος, see eager.
be earnest, v.: P. and V. σπουδάζειν (Eur., Hecuba 337).
to speak not in earnest, but in jest: P. εἰπεῖν οὐ σπουδάζων ἀλλὰ παίζων (Lys. 170).
importunate: P. and V. λιπαρής.
substantive
earnest-money: P. ἀρραβών, ὁ. πρόδοσις, ἡ, Ar. and P. θέσις, ἡ.
pledge: P. and V. ἐγγύη, ἡ, πίστις, ἡ, V. ῥύσιον, τό; see pledge.
specimen: P. and V. παράδειγμα, τό, δείγμα, τό.
