scope
From LSJ
εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
purpose: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.
outside the scope of: P. and V. ἔξω (gen.).
permission, licence: P. and V. ἐξουσία, ἡ.
opportunity, occasion: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ, ἀφορμή, ἡ, or pl.
I found no course open save to bear my pain, but much scope for this, my son: V. ηὕρισκον οὐδὲν πλὴν ἀνιᾶσθαι παρόν, τούτου δὲ πολλὴν εὐμάρειαν, ὦ τέκνον. (Sophocles, Philoctetes 283).
