thread

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Ar. and V. κλωστήρ, ὁ, V. μίτος, ὁ, P. νῆμα, τό (Plato).

made of thread, adj.: V. εὔμιτος, μιτώδης.

the long threads of raw flax: V. ὠμολίνου μακροὶ τόνοι (Aesch., Fragment).

hang by a thread, Met.: P. ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς εἶναι, V. ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι, ἐπὶ ξυροῦ βεβηκέναι (perf. of βαίνειν) or βῆναι (aor. of βαίνειν).

yet his life hangs by a thread: V. δέδορκε μέντοι φῶς ἐπὶ σμικρᾶς ῥοπῆς (Euripides, Hippolytus 1163).

lose the thread: see digress.

I lose the thread: V. ἐκδρόμου πεσὼν τρέχω (Aesch., Agamemnon 1245).

verb transitive

string together: Ar. and P. συνείρειν.

pass, make one's way through: P. and V. διέρχεσθαι, διαπερᾶν.

thread the dance: V. ἑλίσσειν (absol.).

where bands of sea-maidens thread the dance with fair steps: V. ἔνθα Νηρῄδων χόροι κάλλιστον ἴχνος ἐξελίσσουσιν ποδός (Euripides, tro. 2).