contraction

From LSJ

ὁ γὰρ μανθάνων κιθαρίζειν κιθαρίζων μανθάνει κιθαρίζειν → he who is learning the harp, learns the harp by harping

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. συναγωγή, ἡ.

Translations

Afrikaans: verkleining; Bulgarian: скъсяване, свиване; Burmese: ချုံ့ခြင်း, ကျုံ့ခြင်း; Catalan: contracció; Chinese Mandarin: 收縮, 收缩; Finnish: supistuminen; French: contraction; German: Kontraktion, Abnahme, Abnehmen, Minderung, Schrumpfen, Schrumpfung, Schwinden, Schwindung, Verengung, Verkleinerung, Verkürzung, Zusammenziehung, Stauchung; Greek: συστολή; Ancient Greek: ξυναγωγή, πρόσσταλσις, συναγωγή, συναίρεσις, συνολκή, ὑπόσταλσις; Hebrew: התכווצות; Hungarian: összehúzás, összehúzódás; Indonesian: kontraksi; Italian: contrazione; Japanese: 収縮; Korean: 단축; Kyrgyz: кыскаруу; Latin: contractio; Macedonian: скратување; Norwegian: kontraksjon, forminskning; Occitan: contraccion; Portuguese: contração; Romanian: contracție; Russian: сокращение, сжатие; Spanish: contracción; Swedish: kontraktion, minskning; Tagalog: daginsin; Tajik: дардгирӣ; Thai: การหดตัว; Uzbek: qisqarish