quack
From LSJ
οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Use P. and V. φθέγμα, τό, φθόγγος, ὁ, V. φθογγή, ἡ.
charlatan: P. and V. γόης, ὁ, μάγος, ὁ, ἀγύρτης, ὁ.
Fem., V. ἀγύρτρια, ἡ, Ar. φέναξ, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ.
be a quack, v.: Ar. and P. ἀλαζονεύεσθαι.
quack doctor: Ar. ἰατροτέχνης, ὁ.
adjective
Use spurious.
verb intransitive
Use P. and V. φθέγγεσθαι.
