purpose
οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι → it was fated that you would be taken by the most miserable death, it has been decreed that thou shouldst be cut off by a most piteous death
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. γνώμη, ἡ, ἀξίωμα, τό, βούλευμα, τό, ἔννοια, ἡ, ἐπίνοια, ἡ, Ar. and P. διάνοια, ἡ, V. φρόνησις, ἡ.
deliberate choice of action: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.
make it one's purpose to: P. προαιρεῖσθαι (infin.).
keep to your present purpose: V. σῶζε τὸν παρόντα νοῦν (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 392).
for this very purpose: P. and V. ἐπ' αὐτὸ τοῦτο, P. εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο, αὐτοῦ τούτου ἕνεκα.
a sickle made for the purpose: P. δρέπανον ἐπὶ τοῦτο εἰργασθέν (Plato, Republic 353A).
for what purpose? P. τοῦ ἕνεκα; P. and V. ἐπὶ τῷ; see why.
on purpose, deliberately: P. and V. ἐκ προνοίας (Euripides, Hercules Furens 598), P. ἐκ παρασκευῆς, Ar. and P. ἐπίτηδες, ἐξεπίτηδες; see also intentionally.
voluntarily: P. and V. ἑκουσίως, V. ἐξ ἑκουσίας.
done on purpose, voluntary (of things): P. and V. ἑκούσιος.
to good purpose: P. and V. εἰς καιρόν, V. πρὸς καιρόν.
to no purpose: see in vain, under vain.
without purpose, at random: P. and V. εἰκῆ.
vainly: P. and V. μάτην, V. ματαίως.
not without purpose: V. οὐκ ἀφροντίστως.
verb transitive or absolute
With infin., P. and V. βουλεύειν, ἐννοεῖν, νοεῖν, Ar. and P. διανοεῖσθαι, ἐπινοεῖν.
be about to: P. and V. μέλλειν (infin.).
