quarry

From LSJ

τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

prey, booty: P. and V. ἄγρα, ἡ (Plato but rare P.), ἄγρευμα, τό (Xen.), θήρα, ἡ (Xen.), V. θήραμα, τό.

stone quarry: P. ἐργαστήριον, τό, λιθοτομίαι, αἱ.

verb transitive

P. and V. τέμνειν.