protest
From LSJ
περὶ οὐδὲν γὰρ οὕτως ὑπάρχει τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἔργων βεβαιότης ὡς περὶ τὰς ἐνεργείας τὰς κατ' ἀρετήν → since none of man's functions possess the quality of permanence so fully as the activities in conformity with virtue
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
speak in opposition: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν.
declare emphatically: P. διαμαρτύρεσθαι, P. and V. μαρτύρεσθαι; see assert.
protest against: use P. ἀγανακτεῖν ἐπί (dat.), σχετλιάζειν ἐπί (dat.).
protest against restoring (him) to his country: P. μαρτύρεσθαι… μὴ κατάγειν (Thuc. 8, 53).
substantive
P. ἀντιλογία, ἡ, σχετλιασμός, ὁ (Thuc. 8, 53); see remonstrance.
under protest: use adj., P. and V. ἄκων, οὐχ ἑκών (lit., unwilling).
he refuses to surrender him to them in spite of their protests: P. πολλὰ εἰποῦσι οὐκ ἐκδίδωσι (Thuc. 1, 137).
