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λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος → for men reason cures grief, for men reason is a healer of grief, a physician for grief is to people a word, pain's healer is a word to man, logos is a healer of man's anguish, talking through one's grief is therapeutic
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Pick out: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐκκρίνειν, προκρίνειν, Ar. and P. ἐκλέγειν (or mid.), ἀπολέγειν (or mid.), V. κρίνειν, P. ἐπιλέγεσθαι.
Choose (between alternatives): P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι.
Elect (to office, etc.): Ar. and P. χειροτονεῖν, P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι.
Choose in addition: P. προσαιρεῖσθαι.
Choose in stead: P. and V. ἀνθαιρεῖσθαι.
Choose by lot: see under lot.
Choose the best, take one's pick of: V. λωτίζεσθαι (acc.), ἀπολωτίζειν (acc.), ἀκροθινιάζεσθαι (acc.). V. intrans.
Be willing: P. and V. βούλεσθαι.
Deign: P. and V. ἀξιοῦν, τολμᾶν, δικαιοῦν, Ar. and V. τλῆναι (2nd aor. of τλᾶν).
Make it one's purpose: P. προαιρεῖσθαι (with infin.).
