reduce

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν, μειοῦν (Xen.).

cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.

subdue, put down: P. and V. καταστρέφεσθαι, κατεργάζεσθαι, καθαιρεῖν.

reduce by warfare: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).

reduce by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (absol.).

reduce by hunger: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν λιμῷ (Thuc. 1, 134).

get into one's power: P. and V. χειροῦσθαι, ὑποχείριον λαμβάνω, ὑποχείριον λαμβάνειν, P. ὑφ' ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖσθαι, V. χείριον λαμβάνω, χείριον λαμβάνειν (Euripides, Cyclops).

reduce to order: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν.

reduce to a state: P. and V. καθιστάναι; (εἰς, acc.), P. κατάγειν (εἰς, acc.).

I was reduced to the depths of despair: P. εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην (Lys. 120).

you see how I am reduced by sickness: P. ὁρᾶτε δὴ ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου (Thuc. 7, 77).

reduce (in bulk): P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν; (Plato).

when the suffering was reduced: V. ὅτε… ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 437).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rĕdūcĕ, v. reduco.