manage

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

Regulate: P. and V. οἰκεῖν, νέμειν (Thuc. 8, 70), κυβερνᾶν, Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζεσθαι, ταμιεύειν, διοικεῖν, ἐπιτροπεύειν, P. διαχειρίζειν, V. νωμᾶν, πορσύνειν, ἀμφέπειν. Settle satisfactorily: P. and V. εὖ τιθέναι (or mid.), καλῶς τιθέναι (or mid.). Manage a household: P. οἰκονομεῖν οἰκίαν. Control: P. and V. ἄρχειν (gen. V. also dat.), κρατεῖν (gen. V. also dat.). Have the care of: P. and V. ἐπιστατεῖν (dat. or gen.), Ar. and P. ἐπιμέλεσθαι (gen.). Bring it about that: P. and V. πράσσειν ὅπως (fut. indic. or aor. subj.). You have but to speak, we will manage the rest for you: V. λέγοις ἄν· ἡμεῖς τἄλλα προξενήσομεν (Eur., Ion, 335). Manage (to do a thing): use be able.