pardon
ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν → just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. συγγιγνώσκειν; (dat. of pers., acc., gen., or dat. of thing), συγγνώμην ἔχειν (dat. of pers., gen. of thing), συγγνώμων εἶναι (dat. of pers., gen. of thing), V. σύγγνοιαν ἴσχειν (absol.).
be remiss in punishing (a person): V. χαλᾶν; (dat.).
be pardoned: P. and V. συγγνώμης τυγχάνειν.
substantive
P. and V. συγγνώμη, ἡ. V. σύγγνοια, ἡ.
a free pardon: P. ἄδεια, ἡ; see also mercy, amnesty.
beg pardon, v.: P. and V. παρίεσθαι; (absol.), P. παραιτεῖσθαι (absol.).
I ask your pardon for this: V. σὲ δὲ παραιτοῦμαι τόδε (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 685).
