lap

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Use P. and V. γόνατα, τά, lit., knees.

bosom: Ar. and V. κόλπος, ὁ.

in a race: Ar. and V. δρόμος, ὁ.

more quickly than a horse racer ever covered two laps: V. θᾶσσον… ἢ δρομεύς δισσοὺς διαύλους ἵππιος διήνυσεν (Euripides, Electra 824).

verb transitive

enfold: P. and V. περιβάλλειν, V. ἀμφιβάλλειν, ἀμπέχειν; see surround.

of waves lapping the shore: see wash.

lick up: Ar. and V. λείχειν, ῥοφεῖν (also Xen.), Ar. ἐκλάπτειν, ἀπολάπτειν.

lap over: see overlap.

Dutch > Greek

σπεῖρον, τρῦχος