relief

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

alleviation: P. and V. ἀναψυχή, ἡ (Plato), παραψυχή, P. παραμύθιον, τό, κούφισις, ἡ (Thuc.), V. ἀνακούφισις, ἡ.

cessation: P. and V. ἀνάπαυλα, ἡ, παῦλα, ἡ.

abatement: P. λώφησις, ἡ.

have relief from: P. and V. λωφᾶν (gen.).

when his body hath relief from sickness: V. ὅταν μὲν σῶμα κουφισθῇ νόσου (Euripides, Orestes 43).

recreation: P. ῥᾳστώνη, ἡ.

breathing space: P. and V. ἀναπνοή, ἡ (Plato), V. ἀμπνοή, ἡ.

relief from: P. and V. ἀνάπαυλα, ἡ (gen.), παῦλα, ἡ (gen.), διάλυσις, ἡ (gen.), V. ἀνακούφισις, ἡ (gen.).

riddance: P. and V. λύσις, ἡ, ἀπαλλαγή, ἡ.

help: P. βοήθεια, ἡ.

reliefs, relays. — apportioning (the work) among themselves in reliefs: P. διηρῃμένοι κατ' ἀναπαύλας (Thuc. 2, 75).

when the Phocian general sent for the cavalry from Argura to act as reliefs: P. ἐπειδὴ ὁ στρατηγὸς Φωκίων μετεπέμπετο τοὺς ἐξ Ἀργούρας ἱππέας ἐπὶ τὴν διαδοχήν (Dem. 567).

fifty trireme set sail as reliefs and put in at Egypt: P. πεντήκοντα τριήρεις διάδοχοι πλέουσαι ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἔσχον (Thuc. 1, 110).

in sculpture, work in relief: P. ἐκτύπωμα, τό, V. τύποι, οἱ (Euripides, Phoenissae 1130). work in relief, verb transitive: P. ἐκτυποῦν.