motive
From LSJ
σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον → my wife's death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
purpose: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.
from interested motives: P. and V. ἐπὶ κέρδεσι.
with what motive? P. τί βουλόμενος; (lit., wishing what).
what seek you and with what motive are you here? V. τί δ' ἐξερευνᾷς καὶ τί βουληθεὶς πάρει; (Sophocles, et. 1100).
