pit
From LSJ
Δύο γὰρ, ἐπιστήμη τε καὶ δόξα, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπίστασθαι ποιέει, τὸ δὲ ἀγνοεῖν → Two different things are science and belief: the one brings knowledge, the other ignorance (Hippocrates)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. βάραθρον, τό, ὄρυγμα, τό.
for catching prey: use snare.
pit of the stomach: V. τὰ κοῖλα γαστρός (Euripides, Phoenissae 1411).
verb transitive
match: P. and V. ἀντιτάσσειν, P. συμβάλλειν, V. συνάγειν, συνάπτειν, Ar. and V. ἀντιτιθέναι; see engage.
be pitted against: P. ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (dat.), P. and V. ἀντιτάσσεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.).
