practise
From LSJ
ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
exercise, train: P. and V. ἀσκεῖν; (Euripides, Rhesus), γυμνάζειν, Ar. also P. μελετᾶν, ἐπασκεῖν.
practise beforehand: Ar. and P. προμελετᾶν.
put in force: P. and V. χρῆσθαι; (dat.).
practise (qualities, etc.): P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπιτηδεύειν, Ar. and P. ἐπασκεῖν, P. διαπονεῖν (or mid).
join in practicing: P. συνασκεῖν (acc.).
