sentence
From LSJ
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
legal decision: P. and V. κρίσις, ἡ, P. διάγνωσις, ἡ, διάκρισις, ἡ; see decision.
condemnation: P. κατάγνωσις, ἡ.
sentence of death: V. ψῆφος ὀλεθρία (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 198).
sentence of condemnation: P. ἡ καθαιροῦσα ψῆφος (Lys. I33).
pass sentence: P. and V. ψῆφον φέρω, ψῆφον φέρειν, ψῆφον διαφέρω, ψῆφον διαφέρειν, δικάζειν, διαγιγιγνώσκειν, P. διαδικάζειν.
pass sentence against: see condemn.
verb transitive
condemn: P. and V. καταγιγνώσκειν (gen.), P. κατακρίνειν (gen.), καταψηφίζεσθαι (gen.); see condemn.