interpret
From LSJ
οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἑρμηνεύειν.
interpret (dreams, etc.): P. and V. κρίνειν (Plato, Ion, 539D) Ar. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.
interpret an oracle: Ar. ἀναδιδάσκειν (Equites 153).
explain: P. and V. φαίνειν, συμβάλλειν, ἐξηγεῖσθαι, φράζειν, σημαίνειν (Plato), δηλοῦν, δεικνύναι, διειπεῖν (Plato). V. ἐκφράζειν, σαφηνίζειν (also Xen. but rare P.), Ar. and P. διηγεῖσθαι.
take in any particular sense: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν, ἐκλαμβάνειν; see construe.
who is there to interpret the will of the god? V. τίς προφητεύει θεοῦ; (Euripides, Ion, 413).