readiness

From LSJ

ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

a being ready: P. ἑτοιμότης, ἡ.

zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.

proneness: P. εὐχέρεια, ἡ.

quickness of intelligence: P. εὐμάθεια, ἡ, ὀξύτης, ἡ.

ease: P. and V. εὐμάρεια, ἡ.

be in readiness: P. and V. ἑτοῖμος εἶναι, παρεσκευάσθαι (perf. infin. pass. παρασκευάζειν).

Translations

=Armenian: պատրաստակամություն, պատրաստություն; Belarusian: гатоўнасць, гатоўнасьць, гатовасць, гатовасьць; Bulgarian: готовност; Czech: připravenost; Esperanto: preteco; Estonian: valmidus; Finnish: valmius; French: préparation; German: Bereitschaft; Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃, 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰; Greek: ετοιμότητα; Ancient Greek: ἑτοιμότης; Hebrew: מוּכָנוּת; Hungarian: készenlét, készültség; Irish: innealtacht, éascaíocht, oirchill; Latin: promptus; Manx: appeeys, arryltid, arryltys, appeeid; Norwegian Bokmål: beredskap; Nynorsk: beredskap; Polish: gotowość; Portuguese: prontidão; Russian: готовность; Slovak: pripravenosť; Spanish: preparación; Swedish: beredskap; Ukrainian: готовність, готовість