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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

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substantive

face: P. and V. πρόσωπον, τό, ὄψις, ἡ; or use V. ὀφθαλμός, ὁ, ὄμμα, τό.

approval, subs.: P. and V. ἔπαινος, ὁ.

favour, support: P. and V. εὔνοια, ἡ.

verb transitive

approve of, praise: P. and V. ἐπαινέω, ἐπαινεῖν (acc.).

a Aquiesce in: P. and V. στέργειν (acc. or dat.), P. ἀγαπᾶν (acc. or dat.), V. αἰνεῖν (acc.).

favour, support: P. and V. εὐνοεῖν (dat.).