roof

From LSJ

λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. ὄροφος, ὁ, Ar. and P. στέγη, ἡ, τέγος, τό, ὀροφή, ἡ.

tiling: Ar. and P. κέραμος, ὁ.

roof of the mouth: P. οὐρανός ὁ (Aristotle).

living under the same roof, adj.: P., ὁμωρόφιος, or use V. ἐφέστιος, συνέστιος.

sheltered by a roof: P. and V. ὑπόστεγος.

verb transitive

P. and V. ἐρέφειν (Dem. 426, also Ar.), Ar. κατερέφειν, or use cover.

Dutch > Greek

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