invent
From LSJ
ὤδινεν ὄρος, Ζεὺς δ' ἐφοβεῖτο, τὸ δ' ἔτεκεν μῦν → the mountain was in labor — even Zeus was afraid — but gave birth to a mouse
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
discover: P. and V. εὑρίσκειν, ἐφευρίσκειν, ἀνευρίσκειν, ἐξευρίσκειν, V. ἐξανευρίσκειν.
contrive: P. and V. μηχανᾶσθαι, τεχνᾶσθαι, τεκταίνεσθαι, Ar. and V. μήδεσθαι.
trump up: P. and V. πλάσσειν, P. συμπλάσσειν, συσκευάζειν, κατασκευάζειν; see trump up.
you will find them inventing things about me: P. ὄψεσθε… τούτους περὶ ἐμοῦ λογοποιοῦντας (Lys. 146).
men here are inventing tales of what is not happening and never will happen: P. ἐνθένδε ἄνδρες οὔτε ὄντα οὔτ' ἂν γενόμενα λογοποιοῦσι (Thuc. 6, 38).
