represent
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
portray: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, P. παραδεικνύναι.
represent in a bad light: P. κακῶς εἰκάζειν περί (gen.) (Plato, Republic 377E).
represent as: P. κατασκευάζειν, Ar. and P. ἀποφαίνειν.
he will represent us as drunkards and brawlers: P. ἡμᾶς… παροίνους μέν τινας καὶ ὑβριστὰς κατασκευάσει (Dem. 1261).
he tried to represent that I was the cause of what occurred in Euboea: P. τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων… ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι κατεσκεύαζε (Dem. 550).
he has represented the rowers one and all as bowmen: P. τοξότας γὰρ πάντας πεποίηκε τοὺς προσκώπους (Thuc. 1, 10; cf. Euripides, Troades 981).
imitate: P. and V. μιμεῖσθαι, ἐκμιμεῖσθαι (Xen. also Ar.).
represent by imitation: P. ἀπομιμεῖσθαι.
represent (a character): P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.
represent Antigone: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι.
when he represented the sorrows of Thyestes: P. ὅτε μὲν τὰ Θυέστου… κακὰ ἠγωνίζετο (Dem. 449).
it is the special privilege of third-rate actors to represent kings and sceptered personages: P. ἐξαίρετόν ἐστιν ὥσπερ γέρας τοῖς τριταγωνισταῖς τὸ τοὺς τυράννους καὶ τοὺς τὰ σκῆπτρα ἔχοντας εἰσιέναι (Dem. 418).
suggest: Ar. and P. εἰσηγεῖσθαι; suggest.
point out, show: P. and V. δεικνύναι, δηλοῦν; see show.
represent a person, look after his interests: P. and V. προξενεῖν (gen.).
champion: P. and V. προστατεῖν (gen.).
I as representing the greatest city ask you to come to terms: P. ἐγὼ… πόλιν μεγίστην παρεχόμενος… ἀξιῶ… συγχωρεῖν (Thuc. 4, 64).
I came forward though with no mandate to represent our house: V. ἐξῆλθον οὐ ταχθεῖσα πρεσβεύειν γένους (Euripides, herac. 479).
