cultivate
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
cultivate (land, etc.): P. and V. γεωργεῖν (Euripides, Rhesus 176), P. ἐργάζεσθαι, ἐξεργάζεσθαι, V. γαπονεῖν (Euripides, Rhesus 75).
reclaim: P. and V. ἡμεροῦν, V. ἐξημεροῦν, ἀνημεροῦν (Sophocles, Fragment).
civilise: P. and V. παιδεύειν.
practise: P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπιτηδεύειν, Ar. and P. ἐπασκεῖν.
help to cultivate: P. συνασκεῖν (absol. or acc.).
labour at: P. and V. διαπονεῖν (acc.).
cultivate the acquaintance of: Ar. and P. θεραπεύειν (τινά).
cultivate the arts: P. φιλοκαλεῖν (absol.).
