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Καλὸν δὲ καὶ γέροντι μανθάνειν σοφά → Addiscere aliquid digna res etiam seni → Auch einem Greis ist etwas Weises lernen Zier
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
fail in attaining: P. and V. σφάλλεσθαι (gen.), ἀποσφάλλεσθαι (gen.), ἁμαρτάνειν (gen.), P. διαμαρτάνειν (gen.), V. ἀμπλακεῖν (2nd aor.) (gen.).
miss, not to meet: P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν (gen.), P. διαμαρτάνειν (gen.).
fail in hitting: P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν (gen.), P. διαμαρτάνειν (gen.), ἀποτυγχάνειν (gen.), V. ἀμπλακεῖν (gen.) (2nd aor.).
miss one's opportunities: P. ἀπολείπεσθαι τῶν καιρῶν; see let slip.
miss one's way: P. διαμαρτάνειν τῆς ὁδοῦ (Thuc. 1, 106), or use P. and V. πλανᾶσθαι (absol.).
have we entirely missed the way? Ar. τῆς ὁδοῦ τὸ παράπαν ἡμαρτήκαμεν; (Pl. 961).
feel the loss of: P. and V. ποθεῖν (rare P.).
a man when he dies is missed from the house, the loss of women is but slight: V. ἀνὴρ μὲν ἐκ δόμων θανὼν ποθεινὸς, τὰ δὲ γυναικῶν ἀσθενῆ (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1005).
miss being killed: P. ἐκφεύγειν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν; see escape.
I just missed being killed: P. παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθον ἀποθανεῖν (Isoc. 388E).
miss, not to hit: P. and V. ἁμαρτάνειν, P. ἀποτυγχάνειν; see fail.
