matter

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

thing: P. and V. χρῆμα, τό.

affair: P. and V. πρᾶγμα, τό, πρᾶξις, ἡ, Ar. and V. πρᾶγος, τό, V. χρέος, τό.

cause: P. and V. αἰτία, ἡ, Ar. and P. αἴτιον, τό.

subject: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, P. ὑπόθεσις, ἡ.

nothing to do with the matter: P. οὐδὲν πρὸς λόγον.

be matter of opinion, v.: P. ἀμφισβητεῖσθαι.

philosophically, matter as opposed to mind: P. ὕλη, ἡ (Arist.).

suppuration: V. νοσηλεία, ἡ.

what is the matter? P. and V. τί ἐστι;

what is the matter with you? P. and V. τί πάσχεις;

verb intransitive

be of importance: P. and V. διαφέρω, διαφέρειν.

it matters not: V. ἀμφιδεξίως ἔχει (Aesch., Fragment).

matter little: V. διαφέρω βραχύ (Euripides, Troades 1248).