circumstance
Τὸν εὐτυχοῦντα καὶ φρονεῖν νομίζομεν → Fortuna famam saepe dat prudentiae → Von dem der glücklich, glaubt man auch, dass er klar denkt
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
affair: P. and V. πρᾶγμα, τό, χρῆμα, τό, πρᾶξις, ἡ, Ar. and V. πρᾶγος, τό, V. χρέος, τό.
event: P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, P. συντυχία, ἡ.
present circumstances: P. and V. τὰ παρόντα, τὰ καθεστῶτα.
under these circumstances: P. and V. οὕτως ἐχόντων (things being thus).
circumstances will be found to be changing, not our city: P. φανήσεται τὰ πράγματα… μεταβαλλόμενα οὐχ ἡ πόλις ἡμῶν (Dem. 206).
making with the Lacedaemonians the best terms they could under the circumstances: P. ἐκ τῶν παρόντων κράτιστα πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους σπονδὰς ποιησάμενοι (Thuc. 5, 40).
war generally contrives from itself the means to meet the circumstances: P. (πόλεμος) αὐτὸς ἀφ' αὑτοῦ τὰ πολλὰ τεχνᾶται πρὸς τὸ παρατυγχάνον (Thuc. 1, 122).
circumstances, position, fortune: V. πρᾶξις, ἡ, P. and V. κατάστασις, ἡ.
good circumstances: P. and V. εὐπραξία, ἡ; see prosperity.
be in good circumstances: P. εὐπραγεῖν; see prosper.
be in bad circumstances: P. and V. δυστυχεῖν, κακῶς ἔχειν.
circumstanced, be: P. and V. ἔχειν, Ar. and P. διακεῖσθαι.
