govern
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
rule: P. and V. ἄρχειν; (gen.; V. also dat.), κρατεῖν (gen.), κοσμεῖν, V. κρατύνειν; (gen.), εὐθύνειν, V. ναυκληρεῖν, κραίνειν (gen.).
govern (as king or commander): P. and V. τυραννεύειν; (gen.), βασιλεύειν (gen.) (Euripides, Electra 12), δεσπόζειν (gen. or acc.) (Euripides, Hercules Furens 28) (Plato but rare P.), V. ἀνάσσειν; (gen.), κοιρανεῖν (gen.), ταγεῖν (gen.), Ar. and V. τυραννεῖν; (absol.).
administer, manage: P. and V. οἰκεῖν, νέμειν (Thuc. 8, 70), κυβερνᾶν, Ar. and P. διοικεῖν, μεταχειρίζεσθαι, ταμιεύειν, P. διαχειρίζειν, διακυβερνᾶν(Plato), V. νωμᾶν.
well-governed, adj.: P. and V. εὔνομος (Aesch., Fragment).
be well-governed, v.: P. εὐνομεῖσθαι, P. and V. εὖ οἰκεῖσθαι.
a house well-governed: V. οἶκος… ἄριστα διαπονούμενος (Aesch., Agamemnon 18-19).
control, check: P. and V. κατέχειν, ἐπέχειν, Ar. and V. ἴσχειν; (rare P.), V. ἐπίσχειν; (rare P.).
