violence

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Βέλτιόν ἐστι σῶμά γ' ἢ ψυχὴν νοσεῖν → It is better to be sick in respect to the body than in respect to the soul → Deterior animi morbus es quam corporis → Am Körper krank zu sein ist besser als an der Seel'

Menander, Monostichoi, 75

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substantive

force: P. and V. βία, ἡ. V. τὸ καρτερόν, P. βιαιότης, ἡ.

rush: Ar. and P. ῥύμη, ἡ.

outrage: P. V. ὕβρις, ἡ, ὕβρισμα, τό.

vehemence: P. σφοδρότης, ἡ.

by violence, by force: P. and V. βίᾳ, πρὸς βίαν, βιαίως, V. ἐκ βίας, κατ' ἰσχύν, σθένει, πρὸς τὸ καρτερόν, πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος; see under force.

act of violence: V. χείρωμα, τό.

do acts of violence, v.: P. χειρουργεῖν. Use

violence: P. and V. βιάζεσθαι; (mid.).

suffer violence: P. and V. βιάζεσθαι; (pass.).

do violence to oneself, kill oneself: P. βιάζεσθαι ἑαυτόν (Plato).

do a violence to, take violent measures against: P. and V. ἀνήκεστόν τι δρᾶν (acc.) (Euripides, Med. 283), P. νεώτερόν τι ποιεῖν εἰς (acc.), ἀνήκεστόν τι βουλεύειν περί (gen.).

do no violence to: V. δρᾶν μηδὲν… νεώτερον (acc.) (Euripides, Rhesus 590), μηδὲν νέον δρᾶν (acc.) (Euripides, Bacchae 362).

blow with great violence (of wind): P. μέγας ἐκπνεῖν (Thuc. 6, 104).

their escape was due to the violence of the storm: P. ἐγένετο ἡ διάφευξις αὐτοῖς διὰ τοῦ χειμῶνος τὸ μέγεθος (Thuc. 3, 23).

Translations

noun

Afrikaans: geweld; Basque: indarkeria, biolentzia; Belarusian: лютасьць, сі́ла; Bulgarian: сила; Catalan: violència; Chinese Mandarin: 暴力; Corsican: viulenza; Ajaccino: viulinza; Danish: vold; Dutch: geweld; Estonian: vägivald; Finnish: rajuus, voimakeinot; French: violence; Galician: violencia; Georgian: ძალადობა, ძალდატანება; German: Gewalt; Greek: βία; Ancient Greek: βία, βιαιότης, βιασμός, κάρτος, λαβροσύνη, ῥαγδαιότης, ῥῶσις, σφοδρότης, τὸ καρτερόν; Hebrew: אלימות; Hindi: हिंसा; Hungarian: erőszak; Icelandic: ofsi, offors; Indonesian: kekerasan; Irish: neart, cumhacht; Italian: violenza; Japanese: 猛威; Kannada: ಹಿಂಸೆ; Korean: 격렬(激烈)함, 맹렬(猛烈)함; Ladin: viulënza; Latin: violentia; Macedonian: насилство; Malay: keganasan; Malayalam: അക്രമം; Maori: tūkeri; Middle English: violence; Norwegian Bokmål: vold; Nynorsk: vald; Occitan: violéncia, violencia; Pashto: خشونت; Persian: خشونت; Polish: gwałtowność; Portuguese: violência; Punjabi: ਹਿੰਸਾ; Romanian: violență; Russian: сила, неистовство; Sanskrit: हिंसा, रभस्, त्विष्; Sardinian: violentza, violèntza; Scots: veeolence, violence; Scottish Gaelic: ainneart, brùidealachd; Serbo-Croatian Roman: žestìna, silòvitōst, nasilje; Sicilian: viulenza; Sinhalese: ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය; Spanish: violencia; Swedish: våld; Tagalog: karahasan, dahas; Tamil: வன்முறை; Telugu: హింస; Thai: ความรุนแรง; Tibetan: ལོག་གཡེམ་མམ་ཉེས་སྤྱོད; Urdu: تشدد, ہنسا; Welsh: anfodd, anfoddau, trais, treisiau; West Frisian: geweld