pitch
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
See throw. V. intrans. P. and V. πίπτειν; see fill. Pitch a camp: use encamp. Pitch (a tent): P. πηγνύναι. Pitch one's tent: Ar. and P. σκηνᾶσθαι (absol.) (Andoc. 33). subs. Pitch of the voice: Ar. and P, τόνος, ὁ. Met., come to such pitch: P. εἰς τοῦτο προήκειν. Highest pitch: use P. ἄκρον, τό. Come to such a pitch of folly: P. and V. εἰς τοῦτο (εἰς τοσοῦτο, εἰς τόδε) μωρίας ἀφικνεῖσθαι, προβαίνειν. They are come to such a pitch of ignorance P. εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀναισθησίας προσήκουσι (Dem. 1233). Tar: P. and V. πίσσα, ἡ (Aesch., Frag.). Of pitch, adj.: V. πισσήρης. Cover with pitch, v. trans.: Ar. and P. καταπισσοῦν (acc.).
