matchmaker
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. προμνήστρια, ἡ (Plato).
be a matchmaker, v.: P. προμνᾶσθαι (Plato).
Translations
Arabic: خَاطِب, خَاطِبَة; Belarusian: сват, свацця; Bulgarian: сватовник, сватовница; Chinese Mandarin: 媒人, 媒妁, 媒婆, 伐柯人; Czech: dohazovač, dohazovačka; Danish: ægteskabsformidler, giftekniv, Kirsten Giftekniv; Dutch: koppelaar, koppelaarster; Estonian: kosjasobitaja; Faroese: hjúnabandsmeklari; Finnish: puhemies, avioliittovälittäjä; French: entremetteur, entremetteuse, marieur, marieuse, apparieur, apparieuse; Gallo: bassadou; Georgian: მაჭანკალი; German: Kuppler, Kupplerin, Ehestifter, Ehestifterin, Heiratsvermittler, Heiratsvermittlerin, Schadchen; Greek: προξενητής, προξενήτρα; Ancient Greek: ἐκγαμιστής, νυμφαγωγός, νυμφεύτρια, ξυναγωγεύς, ὁ τοῦ γάμου συναγωγεύς, προμνήστρια, προμνηστρίς, προμνήστωρ, προξενήτρια, συναγωγεύς; Hebrew: שַׁדְכָן; Icelandic: hjónabandsmiðlari; Japanese: 仲人, 媒酌人, 月下氷人; Kazakh: айттырушы; Khmer: មេអណ្ដើក; Korean: 중매인, 뚜쟁이; Kyrgyz: жуучу; Ladino: kazamentera; Latin: conciliatrix; Lithuanian: piršlys, piršlė; Macedonian: сводник; Norwegian Bokmål: ekteskapsformidler, giftekniv; Nynorsk: ekteskapsformidlar, giftekniv; Polish: swat, swatka; Portuguese: casamenteiro; Russian: сват, сваха, сватья; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: сну̀бок; Roman: snùbok; Slovak: dohadzovač, dohadzovačka; Spanish: casamentero, casamentera, alcahuete, alcahueta, celestina; Swedish: äktenskapsmäklare; Thai: แม่สื่อ; Turkish: çöpçatan; Ukrainian: сват, сваха, свашка; Vietnamese: người làm mối, bà mối; Yiddish: שדכן, יענטע
