offer
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
stretch forth: P. and V. προτείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, ὀρέγειν.
Met., offer hope, advice, etc.: P. and V. ὑποτείνειν; see suggest, give, promise.
hand over: P. and V. προσφέρειν, παρέχω, παρέχειν, διδόναι.
promise: P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι; see promise.
offer as a prize: P. and V. προτιθέναι, τιθέναι, V. ἐκτιθέναι; (Sophocles, Fragment).
dedicate (to a god): P. and V. ἀνατιθέναι.
offer (a slave) for torture: P. ἐκδιδόναι (acc.).
I offer myself to be questioned: P. παρέχω ἐμαυτὸν ἐρωτᾶν (Plato, apol. 33B).
he offers himself for trial: P. καθίστησιν ἑαυτὸν εἰς κρίσιν (Thuc. 1, 131).
offer prayer: see pray.
offer sacrifice: P. and V. θύειν, P. ἱερὰ ποιεῖν, ἱεροποιεῖν, V. ῥέζειν, θυηπολεῖν (also Plato but rare P.).
offer to, undertake to: P. and V. ὑφίστασθαι; (infin.), ὑπισχνεῖσθαι (infin.), ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι (infin.), ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι (infin.); see proviso. verb intransitive
of opportunity: P. and V. παραπίπτειν, P. παρατυγχάνειν.
substantive
promise: P. and V. ὑπόσχεσις, ἡ, P. ἐπαγγελία, ἡ.
