divorce

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

V. διάλυσις, ἡ, ἀπαλλαγή, ἡ.

where the husband divorces the wife: P. ἀπόπεμψις, ἡ.

where the wife divorces the husband: P. ἀπόλειψις, ἡ.

Met., separation: P. διάλυσις, ἡ.

verb transitive

where the husband divorces the wife: P. ἐκπέμπειν, ἐκβάλλειν.

where the wife divorces the husband: P. ἀπολείπω, ἀπολείπειν.

Met., separate: P. and V. διαιρεῖν, διαλαμβάνειν; see separate.

virtue is nothing when divorced from sense: V. γνώμης γὰρ οὐδὲν ἁρετὴ μονουμένη (Euripides, Fragment).