fit
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
convulsion: P. and V. σπασμός, ὁ, V. σπαραγμός, ὁ, P. σφαδασμός, ὁ (Plato).
sudden impulse: P. and V. ὁρμή, ἡ.
fit (of illness); P. καταβολή, ἡ (gen.).
by fits and starts: P. and V. εἰκῆ; (lit., at random).
when the fit of madness abates: V. ὅταν ἀνῇ νόσος μανίας (Euripides, Orestes 227).
fit of madness: V. πίτυλος μανίας (Euripides, I.T. 307); see madness.
perchance (the people) may exhaust their fit of anger: V. ἴσως ἂν ἐκπνεύσειεν (ὁ δῆμος) (Euripides, Orestes 700).
do a thing in a fit of anger: P. ἡσσηθεὶς ὀργῇ πράσσειν τι (Plato, leg. 868A).
in a fit of passion: V. ὀργῇ χρώμενος (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 1241).
adjective
suitable: P. and V. ἐπιτήδειος, σύμφορος, πρόσφορος.
opportune: P. and V. καίριος, ἐπίκαιρος, V. εὔκαιρος.
becoming: P. and V. εὐπρεπής, πρέπων, προσήκων, σύμμετρος, εὐσχήμων, καθήκων, Ar. and P. πρεπώδης, V. ἐπεικώς, προσεικώς, συμπρεπής.
it is fit, v.: P. and V. πρέπει, προσήκει, ἁρμόζει.
in fit condition, adj.: P. and V. εὐτραφής (Plato).
fit for, capable of: P. εὐφυής (πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.).
fit to, competent to: P. and V. ἱκανός (infin.); see competent.
worthy to: P. and V. ἄξιος (infin.).
think fit (to): P. and V. ἀξιοῦν; (infin.), δικαιοῦν (infin.), Ar. and V. τλῆναι; (infin.) (2nd aor. of τλᾶν), V. ἐπαξιοῦν; (infin.), τολμᾶν.
verb transitive
adapt: P. and V. προσαρμόζειν, ἐφαρμόζειν (Xen.), συναρμόζειν, Ar. and P. ἐναρμόζειν.
fasten, attach: V. ἁρμόζειν, καθαρμόζειν, P. and V. προσαρμόζειν.
fit together: P. and V. συναρμόζειν. verb intransitive
correspond: P. and V. συμβαίνειν, συμπίπτειν, V. συμβάλλεσθαι, συμπίτνειν; see correspond.
they put the stones together as each piece happened to fit: P. συνετίθεσαν (λίθους) ὡς ἕκαστον τι συμβαίνοι (Thuc. 4, 4).
of clothes; Ar. and P. ἁρμόζειν (absol. or with dat.).
well-fitting, adj.: V. εὔθετος.
fit in, verb intransitive: Ar. and P. ἐναρμόζειν.
like boxes fitting into one another: P. καθάπερ οἱ κάδοι οἱ εἰς ἀλλήλους ἁρμόζοντες (Plato, Republic 616D).
