an instrument ὄργανον, τό, (ἔργον, ἔρδω) instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 905, compare ἀθηρόβρωτος] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λογχοποιῶν ὄ
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an instrument ὄργανον, τό, (ἔργον, ἔρδω) instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 905, compare ἀθηρόβρωτος] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λογχοποιῶν ὄ
variation παραλλ-ᾰγή, ἡ, passing from hand to hand, transmission, πυρὸς παραλλαγαί [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 490 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; change of position, movement, τὸ τάχος τῆς π.
engrave, inscribe, χαρακτηρ-ίζω,fut. A. -ίσω Phld. D. 3.14 :pf. κεχαρακτήρικαAristeas 153 :—engrave, inscribe,Manethoap.Syncell. 1p.72D. ( Pass. );form, stamp, τὸ κηρύκειον ἐκ τοῦ Βαβυλωνίου χρυσ
cause to forget ἐπιλήθ-ω, A. cause to forget,ὁ γάρ τ' [ὕπνος] ἐπέλησεν ἁπάντων laps one in forgetfulnessof all, Od. 20.85 ;ἡδονὴ σφέας ἐπιλήθουσα τῶν πάρος Aret. CD 2.12 ; ἐπιλήσει σε ἀφροδισίων
lie round about περίκειμαι,inf.-κεῖσθαι:fut.-κείσομαι: —used as Pass. ofπεριτίθημι, A. lie round about, c. dat.,εὗρε σὲ Πατρόκλῳ περικείμενον ὃν φίλον νἱόν lying with his arms roundhim, Il. 19.4 ; [γ
to embrace περιλαμβάνω, future -λήψομαι: aorist περιέλᾰβον:— embrace, τινα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.10, “Smp.” 9.4, LXX.Gen.29.13, etc.] LXX+5th c.BC+]; grasp, ταῖς χερσὶν
littlecaring, lightly-esteeming, contemptuous, ὀλῐ́γωρ-ος,ον, (ὤρα) A. littlecaring, lightly-esteeming, contemptuous,of persons, χαλεπός τε καὶ ὀ. Hdt. 3.89 ; οὐδεὶς οὔτε γέρων οὔτε ὀ. οὕτως D. 24
sum οὐσί-α, Ion. A. -ιη Hdt. 1.92 , 6.86 .ά, SIG 167.26 (Mylasa,iv B. C.); Dor. ἐσσία,ὠσία(qq. v.):ἡ: (ὀντ-,part.ofεἰμί sum):—that which is one's own, one's substance, property, Hdt. ll.cc., S. T
bravest, best, φέρτᾰτος,η,ον, A. bravest, best, πολὺ φ. Il. 1.581 , etc.; μέγα φ. 16.21 , cf. Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 25 , etc.: c. dat. modi, χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν Od. 12.246 ; περὶ δ' ἔγχει Ἀχα
that ὅτῐ, Ep. ὅττῐ(both in Hom. ): Conj., to introduce an objective clause, A. that, after Verbs of seeing or knowing, thinking or saying; in Hom. freq. strengthd.ὅτι ῥα, andὅτι δή:—Usage: I. whenὅ
knock against προσ-κρούω, A. knock against, τὴν κεφαλὴν παρά τι Ant.Lib. 8.7 . II. intr.,strike against, collide with, πυρί Pl. Ti. 43c , cf. Epicur. Ep. 2p.38U. , Nat. 2.3 ; πρός τι Zen. 3.29
to/with πρός, preposition, expressing direction, __A on the side of, in the direction of, hence with genitive, dative, and accusative, from, at, to: Epic dialect also προτί and ποτί, in [[ 8th c.BC:
soul ψῡχ-ή, ἡ, life, λύθη ψ. τε μένος τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.296, etc.; ψ. τεκαὶ αἰών 16.453, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.523; θυμοῦ καὶ ψ. 8th c.BC:
soul: life ψῡχ-ή, ἡ, life, λύθη ψ. τε μένος τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.296, etc.; ψ. τεκαὶ αἰών 16.453, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.523; θυμοῦ καὶ ψ. 8th
soul: myself ψῡχ-ή, ἡ, life, λύθη ψ. τε μένος τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.296, etc.; ψ. τεκαὶ αἰών 16.453, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.523; θυμοῦ καὶ ψ. 8
soul: person ψῡχ-ή, ἡ, life, λύθη ψ. τε μένος τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.296, etc.; ψ. τεκαὶ αἰών 16.453, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.523; θυμοῦ καὶ ψ. 8
soul: animal ψῡχ-ή, ἡ, life, λύθη ψ. τε μένος τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.296, etc.; ψ. τεκαὶ αἰών 16.453, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.523; θυμοῦ καὶ ψ. 8
close examination, scrutiny, test, ἐξέτ-ᾰσις,εως,ἡ, A. close examination, scrutiny, test, Pl. Ap. 22e , Tht. 210c ; ἡδονῆς ἐ. πᾶσαν ποιήσασθαι Id. Phlb. 55c ; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Lycurg. 28
useless ἄχρησ-τος, ον, useless, unprofitable, μετάνοια[[ Batrachomyomachia 70; νέες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.166; ἄ. ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς γίνεται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.19; οὐκ ἄ
bar a passage, stop up, block up ἐμ-φράσσω, Att. ἔμ-ττω,pf. ἐμπέφρᾰκαSch. Ar. Nu. 1240 :fut. Pass. A. -φραχθήσομαι LXX Mi. 5.1 ( 4.14 ):aor. 2 part. Pass. ἐμφρᾰγείς Ph. Fr. 41 H.:—bar a pass
to deceive ἐξᾰπᾰτάω, Epic dialect iterative ἐξαπάτασκον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1070 (hexameter)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -απατηθήσομαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus
throw ἐπιβάλλω: I. . trans.,throworcast upon,θριξὶ . . , ἃς ἐπέβαλλον(sc.πυρί) Il. 23.135 ; ἐπὶ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλεν αὐτῷ Od. 14.520 , cf. 4.440 ;ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ v.l. in Hdt. 7.107 ; φάρη κόραις E.
to go/bring before προάγω [ᾰ], future -άξω: perfect active προῆχα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.18, 25.8, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.11.10:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, see below: perfect pass
call to ἠπύω, Dor. and Arc. ἀπύω [ᾱ], IG 5(2).6.3 (Tegea,iv B.C.), and Trag. (who use the Verb only in lyr., exc.aor. 1 A. ἤπῡσα E. Rh. 776 ): [ῠinpres., exc. in Mosch. (v. infr.);ῡinfut.andaor.]