government
ᾗ μήτε χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει → content neither with cloak nor rug, be never satisfied, can't get no satisfaction, be hard to please
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
rule: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κράτος, τό, or use V. σκῆπτρα, τά, θρόνοι, οἱ.
kingship: P. and V. τυραννίς, ἡ.
affairs: P. and V. τὰ πράγματα, Ar. and V. πρᾶγος, τό.
constitution: Ar. and P. πολιτεία, ἡ.
magistrates: P. τὰ τέλη, οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς πράγμασι, P. and V. οἱ ἐν τέλει, τὰ κύρια, V. οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες, Ar. and P. αἱ ἀρχαί.
form of government: P. κόσμος, ὁ, or use τάξις πολιτείας, ἡ.
the government that was then being established: P. τὰ τότε καθιστάμενα πράγματα.
I am friendly to the established government: P. εὔνους εἰμὶ τοῖς καθεστηκόσι πράγμασι (Lys. 145, 37).
carry on the government. v.: Ar. and P. πολιτεύεσθαι. P. and V. τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράσσειν.
the nine Archons at that time carried on most of the duties of government: P. τότε τὰ πολλὰ τῶν πολιτικῶν οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες ἔπρασσον (Thuc. 1, 126.)
has the government been left to the people? V. δεδήμευται κράτος; (Euripides, Cyclops 119).
good government, subs.: Ar. and P. εὐνομία, ἡ.
