cultivate
From LSJ
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα σαρκί χρώμενον → a human is a spirit furnished with flesh
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
cultivate (land, etc.): P. and V. γεωργεῖν (Eur., Rhesus 176), P. ἐργάζεσθαι, ἐξεργάζεσθαι, V. γαπονεῖν (Eur., Rhesus 75).
reclaim: P. and V. ἡμεροῦν, V. ἐξημεροῦν, ἀνημεροῦν (Sophocles, Fragment).
civilise: P. and V. παιδεύειν.
practise: P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπιτηδεύειν, Ar. and P. ἐπασκεῖν.
help to cultivate: P. συνασκεῖν (absol. or acc.).
labour at: P. and V. διαπονεῖν (acc.).
cultivate the acquaintance of: Ar. and P. θεραπεύειν (τινά).
cultivate the arts: P. φιλοκαλεῖν (absol.).
