undertake

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), αἴρεσθαι, ἀναιρεῖσθαι, ὑφίστασθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζεσθαι, P. ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).

of mine own will I undertook this labour: V. ἐγὼ 'θελοντὴς τῷδ' ὑπεζύγην πόνῳ (Sophocles, Ajax 24).

undertake in addition: P. προσαναιρεῖσθαι.

undertake with another: P. and V. συναίρεσθαι (τί τινι).

promise, trans. or absol.: P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, ἐπινεύειν, V. ὑπίσχεσθαι, συναινεῖν (also Xen.), αἰνεῖν, καταινεῖν, P. κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι; see promise.

Absol., P. and V. ὑφίστασθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, ἀναδέχεσθαι, V. ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι.

be willing: Ar. and P. ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. θέλειν.