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1 accost
[ə'kost](to approach and speak to, especially in an unfriendly way: I was accosted in the street by four men with guns.) πλευρίζω, πλησιάζω απειλητικά -
2 Accost
v. trans.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Accost
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3 accost
1) διπλαρώνω2) πλευρίζω3) πλησιάζω -
4 Greet
v. trans.Accost: P. and V. προσαγορεύειν, προσειπεῖν, V. αὐδᾶν, προσαυδᾶν, προσφωνεῖν, προσφθέγγεσθαι, ἐννέπειν, προσεννέπειν, προσηγορεῖν.Welcome: P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι, δεξιοῦσθαι, V. σαίνειν, προσσαίνειν, P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι. (Plat.).I greet the herald: V. χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προὐννέπω (Soph., Trach. 227).Also with non-personal subjects, meet: P. and V. ἀπαντᾶν (dat.).Will not a loud outcry from the jurymen themselves greet me? P. οὐ πολλὴ κραυγὴ παρὰ τῶν δικαστῶν αὐτῶν ἀπαντήσεται; ( Æschines, 23).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Greet
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5 Salute
v. trans.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Salute
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6 Speak
v. trans. and absol.P. and V. λέγειν, εἰπεῖν, ἀγορεύειν, Ar. and V. αὐδᾶν (or mid.), ἐξαυδᾶν (or mid.), V. ἐννέπειν, μυθεῖσθαι, βάζειν, φημίζειν, θροεῖν. φωνεῖν; see Say.Explain, tell: P. and V. φράζειν.Break silence: V. and V. φθέγγεσθαι.So to speak: P. ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, V. ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος.Speak a language: P. and V. γλῶσσαν ἱέναι.Speak a language badly ( of a foreigner): P. σολοικίζειν (absol.).Oppose: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν (dat.), ἀντειπεῖν (dat.).Speak for, recommend: P. προξενεῖν (acc.).Support: P. συνειπεῖν (dat.).Speak out: P. and V. ἐξειπεῖν.Be outspoken: P. παρρησιάζεσθαι.Speak to: see Accost.Speak with: Ar. and P. διαλέγεσθαι (dat.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Speak
См. также в других словарях:
Accost — Ac*cost , v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] The shores which to the sea accost. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Accost — Ac*cost , n. Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Accost — Ac*cost (#; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accosting}.] [F. accoster, LL. accostare to bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See {Coast}, and cf. {Accoast}.] 1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
accost — I verb address, adoriri, affront, ambush, approach, assail, assault, assault belligerently, attack, beset, compellare, confront, draw near, fall upon, rise in hostility before, set upon, strike at, thrust at, waylay II index approach, assail … Law dictionary
accost — (v.) 1570s, from M.Fr. accoster move up to, from It. accostare or directly from L.L. accostare come up to the side, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + costa rib, side (see COAST (Cf. coast) (n.)). The original notion is of fleets of warships… … Etymology dictionary
accost — *address, greet, hail, salute Analogous words: *speak, talk, converse: affront, *offend, insult Contrasted words: avoid, shun, elude, evade, *escape: ignore, slight, overlook (see NEGLECT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
accost — [v] approach for conversation or solicitation address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for*; concepts 48,51 Ant. avoid,… … New thesaurus
accost — ► VERB ▪ approach and address boldly or aggressively. ORIGIN originally in the sense «go or lie alongside»: from French accoster, from Latin costa rib, side … English terms dictionary
accost — [ə kôst′, əkäst′] vt. [Fr accoster < It accostare, to bring side by side < VL * accostare < L ad , to + costa, rib, side] 1. to approach and speak to; greet first, before being greeted, esp. in an intrusive way 2. to solicit for sexual… … English World dictionary
accost — UK [əˈkɒst] / US [əˈkɔst] verb [transitive] Word forms accost : present tense I/you/we/they accost he/she/it accosts present participle accosting past tense accosted past participle accosted formal to stop someone and speak to them, especially in … English dictionary
accost — 1. verb /əˈkɔst/ a) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. She approached the basin, and bent over it as if to fill her pitcher; she again lifted it to her head. The personage on the well brink now seemed to … Wiktionary