background
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
there was one in the background ready to bid against us: P. ὁ ἀντωνούμενος… ὑπῆρχεν ἕτοιμος (Dem. 307).
keep in the back. ground, verb transitive: use P. ἐκποδὼν ποιεῖσθαι; see also hide; verb intransitive: use P. and V. ἐκποδὼν ἵστασθαι.
