ἐλασσοῦν
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also: ἐλαττῶ, ἐλαττόω, ἐλασσῶ, ἐλαττῶ) detract from, lessen
Lexicon Thucydideum
minuere, to lessen, reduce, 3.42.5,
PASS. minui, to be diminished, 2.62.3, 2.64.3,
inferiori conditione esse, iura eadem non habere, damno affici, victum discedere, to be in an inferior position, not have equal rights, suffer loss, withdraw defeated, 1.77.1, 1.77.3, 1.115.2, 4.58.1. 4.59.2. 5.30.2. 5.34.2, 5.43.3, 5.72.2, 5.104.1, 5.105.3, 8.89.3.
