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Πενίας βαρύτερον οὐδέν ἐστι φορτίον → Onus est inopia longe gravius ceteris → Als Armut gibt es keine Last, die schwerer wiegt
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Measure: P. and V. μέτρον, τό.
Limit: P. and V. ὅρος, ὁ.
Amount: P. and V. πλῆθος, τό.
Both in warmth and cold there are degrees both of more and less: P. ἐν τε τῷ θερμοτέρῳ καὶ ψυχροτέρῳ τὸ μᾶλλον τε καὶ ἧσσον ἔνι (Plat., Phil. 24B).
To come to such a degree of: P. and V. εἰς τοσοῦτο ἀφικνεῖσθαι or ἥκειν (gen.).
To the last degree: P. εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον, V. εἰς τοὔσχατον.
By degrees: Ar. and P. κατὰ μικρόν, P. κατʼ ὀλίγον, κατὰ βραχύ.
subs.
Rank: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ, ἀξίωμα, τό.
High degree, nobility: P. and V. εὐγένεια, ἡ, γενναιότης, ἡ, εὐδοξία, ἡ, τιμή, ἡ, δόξα, ἡ.
Of high degree, adj.: P. and V. γενναῖος, εὐγενής (Plat.), εὔδοξος.
Low degree, subs.; P. and V. δυσγένεια, ἡ (Plat.), ἀδοξία, ἡ.
Of low degree, adj.: P. ἄδοξος, Ar. and V. δυσγενής, P. and V. ἀδόκιμος.
Degree of relationship, subs.: Ar. and P. ἀγχιστεία, ἡ (see Isae. 83), V. ἀγχιστεῖα, τά (Soph., Ant. 174).
