office
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ (Euripides, Andromache 699).
privilege: P. and V. γέρας, τά.
hold office: Ar. and P. ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν or ἄρχειν alone.
having held high office: P. μεγάλας ἀρχὰς ἄρξας (cf., Ar., Vespae 619).
petty office: Ar. and P. ἀρχίδιον, τό.
work, duty: P. and V. ἔργον, τό, V. χρέος, τό, τέλος, τό, P. τάξις, ἡ.
menial offices: P. δουλικὰ διακονήματα (Plato).
function: V. μοῖρα, ἡ (Aesch., Eumenides 476).
service, kindness: P. and V. χάρις, ἡ. P. εὐεργεσία, ἡ, εὐεργέτημα, τό; see service.
workroom: Ar. and P. ἐργαστήριον, τό.
last offices (to the dead): P. τὰ νομιζομενα, V. κτερίσματα, τά, τὰ πρόσφορα; see funeral.
pay last offices to: P. τὰ νομιζόμενα ποιεῖν (dat.), V. ἀγαπᾶν (acc.) (Euripides, Supplices 764, Helen 937), ἀγαπάζειν (acc.) (Euripides, Phoenissae 1327.).
are not the last offices being performed over her? V. οὔκουν ἐπ' αὐτῇ πράσσεται τὰ πρόσφορα; (Euripides, Alcibiades 148).
