result
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, τέλος, τό, τελευτή, ἡ, ἔργον, τὸ.
the final result: P. τὸ τελευταῖον ἐκβάν (Dem. 12).
the result will soon make it plain: Ar. τοὔργον τάχ' αὐτὸ δείξει (Lys. 376).
when they saw the result of the sea battle: P. ὡς ᾔσθοντο τὰ τῆς ναυμαχίας (Thuc. 8, 43).
we like the thing both for its own sake and its results: P. αὐτό τε αὑτοῦ χάριν ἀγαπῶμεν καὶ τῶν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ γιγνομένων (Plato, Republic 357C).
verb intransitive
P. and V. συμβαίνειν, συμπίπτειν, ἐκβαίνειν, P. ἀποβαίνειν, V. τελεῖν; see also happen.
follow: P. and V. ἕπεσθαι (dat.).
result in: P. and V. τελευτᾶν εἰς (acc.).
