allow
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Measure out: P. and V. μετρεῖν.
Concede: P. and V. συγχωρεῖν.
Confess: P. and V. ὁμολογεῖν (rare V.).
Grant: P. and V. διδόναι, νέμειν, P. παραδιδόναι, V. εἴκειν; see grant.
Permit (persons): P. and V. ἐᾶν, ἐφίέναι (dat.), συγχωρεῖν (dat.), μεθιέναι (dat.), παριέναι (dat.), παρέχειν (dat.), Ar. and P. ἐπιτρέπειν (dat.).
Allow (put up with) things: P. and V. ἀνέχεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἐξανέχεσθαι; see endure.
Allow to (with infin.): P. and V. ἐᾶν (acc.), παριέναι (dat.), ἐφίέναι (dat.), V. παρέχειν (dat.).
Allow a person to be injured: Ar. and P. περιορᾶν or P. προΐεσθαί τινα ἀδικούμενον.
She will not allow others to bear children: V. οὐκ ἀνέξεται τίκτοντας ἄλλους (Eur., And. 711).
He privily begets sons and allows them to perish: παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρα θνήσκοντας ἀμελεῖ (Eur., Ion, 438).
Allow for, take into account: P. ὑπολογίζεσθαι, ὑπόλογον, ποιεῖσθαι (gen.).
Allow of, admit of: P. ἐνδέχεσθαι (acc.); see admit of.
Allowed, it is: P. and V. ἔξεστι, πάρεστι, πάρα, παρείκει, παρέχει, P. ἐγχωρεῖ, Ar. and P. ἐγγίγνεται, ἐκγίγνεται.
