impress

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

mark, stamp: P. and V. χαρακτήρ, ὁ, τύπος, ὁ; see impression.

verb transitive

stamp with a mark: P. χαρακτῆρα ἐπιβάλλειν (dat.).

impress the mind, astonish: P. and V. ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν.

persuade: P. and V. πείθειν.

affect: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. ἀνθάπτεσθαι (gen.); see affect.

impress on a person, remind: P. and V. ἀναμιμνήσκειν (τινά τινος).

enjoin: P. and V. ἐπιστέλλειν (τινί τι), ἐπισκήπτειν (τινί τι); see enjoin.

impress on one's mind: V. ἐγγράφεσθαι (τινί τι), θυμῷ βάλλειν (τι), P. εἰς μνήμην κατατίθεσθαί (τι).

what is this pledge that you would wish impressed upon my mind: V. τί δ' ἂν θέλοις, τὸ πιστὸν ἐμφῦναι φρενί (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 1488).

impress (favourably): P. (εὖ) διατιθέναι.

impress into one's service, win over: P. and V. προσποιεῖσθαι (acc.), προστίθεσθαι (acc.).

be impressed to serve in the army: P. ἀναγκαστὸς στρατεύειν (Thuc. 7, 58).

those who were impressed to serve in the ships: P. οἱ ἀναγκαστοὶ εἰσβάντες (Thuc. 7, 13).