temper
From LSJ
οὐχὶ σοῦσθ'; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας; οὐκ ἄπιτε; παῖε τῷ ξύλῳ → You will not go? The plague seize you! Will you not clear off? Hit them with your stick!
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. τρόπος, ὁ, or pl., ἦθος, τό, φύσις, ἡ.
mood: P. and V. ὀργή, ἡ, or pl.
good temper: P. εὐκολία, ἡ.
good tempered, adj.: Ar. and P. εὔκολος
bad temper: Ar. and P. δυσκολία.
bad tempered: P. and V. δύσκολος.
verb transitive
blend: P. and V. κεραννύναι, συγκεραννύναι.
temper metal: P. βάπτειν (cf. Sophocles, Ajax 651).
mitigate P. and V. ἐπικουφίζειν; see mitigate.
tempered by fire (of iron): V. ὀπτὸς ἐκ πυρός (Sophocles, Antigone 475).
