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1 Adopt
v. trans.Into a family: P. ποιεῖσθαι, εἰσποιεῖσθαι.Get adopted: P. εἰσποιεῖν.Get oneself adopted: P. ἑαυτὸν εἰσποιεῖν.Adopt a course of action: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι, P. προαιρεῖσθαι.Put into force, use: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Adopt new manners: V. μεθαρμόσαι τρόπους νέους (Æsch., P.V. 309).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Adopt
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2 Middle
adj.P. and V. μέσος.Adopt a middle course in one's speech: P. τὰ μεταξύ λέγειν (Dem. 202.).A man of the middle class: P. μέσος πολίτης, ὁ.The shrine at earth's middle point: V. μεσόμφαλον ἵδρυμα (Æsch., Choe. 1036).The middle point of the earth: P. and V. ὀμφαλός, ὁ (Plat., Rep. 427C).——————subs.P. and V. τὸ μέσον.In the middle of the city: P. and V. ἐν μέσῃ τῇ πόλει.Rising in the middle of dinner: P. ἐξαναστάντες μεταξύ δειπνοῦντες (Dem. 284).Break up a party in the middle: P. μεταξύ διαλῦσαι τὴν συνουσίαν (Plat., Prot. 336E).Be at the middle, v.; P. and V. μεσοῦν.They put the small boats in the middle: P. τὰ λεπτὰ πλοῖα... ἐντὸς ποιοῦνται (Thuc. 2, 83).Waist: see Waist.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Middle
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course — 1. noun 1) the island was not far off our course Syn: route, way, track, direction, tack, path, line, trail, trajectory, bearing, heading, orbit 2) the course of history Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
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