background
From LSJ
Δέσποινα γὰρ γέροντι νυμφίῳ γυνή → Mulier fit domina sponso, simulac senuerit → Die Frau beherrscht, sobald er alt, den Bräutigam
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.