quarter

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

fourth part: use P. and V. τέταρτον μέρος.

region: P. and V. χώρα, ἡ, τόπος, ὁ, or pl.

hand direction: P. and V. χείρ, ἡ.

from what quarter: interrogative, P. and V. πόθεν; indirect, ὁπόθεν.

from another quarter: P. and V. ἄλλοθεν.

from all quarters: P. and V. πάντοθεν, Ar. and P. πανταχόθεν.

from no quarter: P. οὐδαμόθεν.

from some quarter or other: P. and V. ποθέν (enclitic).

all is well in that quarter: V. καλῶς τά γ' ἐνθένδε (Euripides, Orestes 1277).

quarter of a town: P. μέρος, τό (Thuc. 2, 15), κώμη, ἡ.

pardon: P. and V. συγγνώμη, ἡ, V. σύγγνοια, ἡ.

give quarter: P. and V. φείδεσθαι (also with gen. of object).

give no quarter (in battle): P. μηδαμῶς ζωγρεῖν (Plato, Leges 868B).

verb transitive

billet: P. καταστρατοπεδεύειν (Xen.), V. εὐνάζειν, κατευνάζειν (Euripides, Rhesus); see billet.

be quartered: P. σκηνεῖν, V. κατευνάσθαι (perf. pass. of κατευνάζειν), (Euripides, Rhesus 611).