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From LSJ
νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους → for I consider false words to be the foulest sickness
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. εἶναι, Ar. and V. φῦναι (2nd aor. of φύω, φύειν), πεφυκέναι (perf. of φύω, φύειν), πέλειν. V. πέλεσθαι, τυγχάνειν, κυρεῖν. With adv.: P. and V. ἔχειν.
it is well: P. and V. καλῶς ἔχει.
be in existence: P. and V. ὑπάρχειν.
just as I am: P. and V. ὡς ἔχω.
are to (expressing necessity): use P. and V. verbals in τέος or δεῖ with infin.
the fleet which was to have co-operated with Cnemus: P. ναυτικὸν ὃ ἔδει παραγενέσθαι τῷ Κνήμῳ (Thuc. 2, 83).
