concrete

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

rubble: Ar. and P. χάλιξ, ὁ or ή.

cement: P. and V. πηλός, ὁ.

adjective

Opposed to abstract.

did you not just say that the upholsterer makes not the abstract conception which, as we say, constitutes the bed, but the concrete bed: P. οὐκ ἄρτι ἔλεγες ὅτι … (ὁ κλινοποιός)… οὐ τὸ εἶδος ποιεῖ ὃ δή φαμεν εἶναι ὃ ἔστι κλίνη ἀλλὰ κλίνην τινά (Plato Republic 597A).