pick
Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν κτῆμα κάλλιον φίλου → Nulla est amico pulchrior possessio → Als einen Freund gibt's keinen schöneren Besitz
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
See pick-axe.
choicest portion: P. also V. ἄνθος, τό, V. λωτίσματα, τά.
take one's pick of: V. λωτίζεσθαι (acc.), ἀπολωτίζειν (acc.), ἀκροθινιάζεσθαι (acc.).
verb transitive
gather, call: P. and V. δρέπειν (or mid.) (Plato).
choose, pick out: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐκκρίνειν, προκρίνειν, P. ἐπιλέγεσθαι, V. κρίνειν, Ar. and P. ἀπολέγειν (or mid.), ἐκλέγειν (or mid.).
pluck (deprive of hair, feathers, etc.): Ar. and V. τίλλειν, Ar. ἀποτίλλειν.
pick a quarrel with: P. and V. εἰς ἔριν ἀφικνεῖσθαι (dat.), V. ἔριν συμβάλλειν (dat.).
pick holes in, met.: P. and V. διαβάλλω, διαβάλλειν (acc.), P. διασύρω, διασύρειν (acc.).
diversify: P. and V. ποικίλλειν.
pick to pieces: see tear.
pick up: P. and V. ἀναιρεῖσθαι, P. ἀναλαμβάνειν.
take on board: P. ἀναλαμβάνειν.
Met., meet with: P. and V. ἐντυγχάνειν (dat.); see meet.
pick up a living: P. βιοτεύειν, Ar. and P. ζῆν; see make a living under living.
