hack

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

See horse.

Met., of one who writes. a miserable hack: P. ὄλεθρος γραμματεύς (Dem. 269).

wound: P. and V. τραῦμα, τό.

blow: P. and V. πληγή, ἡ.

verb transitive

cut: P. and V. τέμνειν, κόπτειν, V. ῥαχίζειν.

hack in pieces: P. and V. διατέμνειν, V. κρεοκοπεῖν, ἀρταμεῖν; see also mangle.