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ὥστε ὁ βίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κελεύειν (τινά τι), ἐπιτάσσειν (τινί τι), προστάσσειν (τινί τι), ἐπιστέλλειν (τινί τι), ἐπισκήπτειν (τινί τι), Ar. and V. ἐφίεσθαί (τινί τι); see command.
With infin.: P. and V. κελεύειν (acc.), ἐπιστέλλειν (acc. or dat.), ἐπιτάσσειν (dat.), προστάσσειν (dat.), τάσσειν (dat.), ἐπισκήπτειν (dat.), Ar. and V. ἐφίεσθαι (dat.), V. ἀνώγειν (acc.), αὐδᾶν (acc. or dat.), ἐννέπειν (acc. or dat.), λέγω, λέγειν (dat.), φωνεῖν (acc.), μυθεῖσθαι (absol.), ἐξεφίεσθαι (absol.).
bidagainst at an auction: P. ἀντωνεῖσθαι (dat. or absol.).
when these men were bidding against one another: P. τούτων ὑπερβαλλόντων ἀλλήλους (Lys. 165).
bid farewell: see farewell.
substantive
price offered: P. and V. ὠνή. ἡ.
make a bid for, Met.: see aim at.
