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  • 1 relieve

    [-v]
    1) (to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc): The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.) ανακουφίζω
    2) (to take over a job or task from: You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours.) αντικαθιστώ
    3) (to dismiss (a person) from his job or position: He was relieved of his post/duties.) απαλλάσσω
    4) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) ξαλαφρώνω, απαλλάσσω
    5) (to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack).) βοηθώ, ενισχύω

    English-Greek dictionary > relieve

  • 2 Weight

    subs.
    P. and V. σταθμός, ὁ (Eur., Bacch. 811).
    Giving a vast weight of gold: V. μυρίον γε δοὺς χρυσοῦ σταθμόν (Eur., Bacch. 811).
    Worth its weight in silver, adj.: V. ἰσάργυρος.
    Weights and measures: V. μέτρα... καὶ μέρη σταθμῶν (Eur., Phoen. 541; cp. Ar. Av. 1040-1041).
    Leaden weight, subs.: P. and V. μολυβδίς, ἡ (Soph., frag.).
    Heaviness: P. βαρύτης, ἡ, V. βάρος, τό.
    Burden: P. and V. ἄχθος, τό, Ar. and V. βάρος, τό, V. βρῖθος, τό.
    Bulk: P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ.
    Dignity: P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ; see Dignity.
    Importance: P. and V. ῥοπή, ἡ.
    Have weight, influence: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύναμιν ἔχειν; see weigh, v.
    Of persons: P. and V. δύνασθαι, ἰσχύειν, V. βρίθειν.
    The same words coming from obscure speakers have not the same weight as when they come from men of note: V. λόγος γὰρ ἔκ τʼ ἀδοξούντων ἰὼν κἀκ τῶν δοκούντων αὑτὸς οὐ ταὐτὸν σθένει (Eur., Hec. 294).
    Gifted with more weight of prowess than of sense: V. μείζονʼ ὄγκον δορὸς ἔχοντες ἢ φρενῶν (Eur., Tro. 1158).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Weight

  • 3 weigh

    [wei] 1. verb
    1) (to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale: He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.) ζυγίζω
    2) (to be equal to in heaviness: This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?) ζυγίζω, έχω βάρος...
    3) (to be a heavy burden to: She was weighed down with two large suitcases.) με βαραίνει
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    2. verb
    1) (to attach, or add, a weight or weights to: The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.) προσθέτω βάρος
    2) (to hold down by attaching weights: They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.) βαραίνω, προσθέτω βάρος
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    - weightlessness
    - weighty
    - weightily
    - weightiness
    - weighing-machine
    - weightlifting
    - weigh anchor
    - weigh in
    - weigh out
    - weigh up

    English-Greek dictionary > weigh

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