construe
From LSJ
Οὕτως ἔδειξέν μοι κύριος καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπιγονὴ ἀκρίδων ἐρχομένη ἑωθινή, καὶ ἰδοὺ βροῦχος εἷς Γωγ ὁ βασιλεύς (Amos 7:1) → Thus the Lord showed me and look, early-morning offspring of locusts coming, and look, one locust-larva: Gog the king.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
interpret: P. and V. ἑρμηνεύειν; see interpret.
I will construe your silence as consent: P. τὴν σιγήν σου συγχώρησιν θήσω (Plato, orat. 435B).
