distant
From LSJ
ἡ φιλία περιχορεύει τὴν οἰκουμένην → friendship runs all over the earth
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
far off: V. ἔκτοπος, ἄποπτος, τηλουρός, τηλωπός; see far.
most distant: P. and V. ἔσχατος.
take part in distant expeditions: P. ἐκδήμους στρατείας ἐξίεναι (ἔξειμι) (Thuc. 1, 15).
be distant, v.: P. and V. ἀπεῖναι, ἀπέχειν, ἀφίστασθαι, ἀποστατεῖν (Plato), P. διέχειν.
be distant from: P. and V. ἀπέχειν (gen.), P. διέχειν (gen.). Met.
haughty, adj.: P. and V. σεμνός, P. ὑπερήφανος. V. ὑπέρφρων; see haughty.
slight: P. and V. ὀλίγος, βραχύς, μικρός, σμικρός.
at no distant date: P. οὐκ εἰς μακράν, V. οὐ μάλ' εἰς μακράν (Aesch., Supplices 925).
on behalf of no distant friends, but for myself: V. ὑπὲρ… οὐχὶ τῶν ἀπωτέρω φίλων ἀλλ' αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 137).
