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  • 1 Story

    subs.
    P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.
    Falsehood: P. and V. ψεῦδος, τό, ψύθος, τό.
    To cut a long story short: P. τί δεῖ τὰ πολλὰ λέγειν (Dem. 278).
    That is another story: P. ἕτερος λόγος οὗτος (Dem. 240).
    Tell stories, v.: P. λογοποιεῖν, μυθολογεῖν.
    Lie: see Lie.
    Floor: see Storey.

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

  • 2 the long and the short of it

    (the whole story in a few words.) με λίγα λόγια

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  • 3 epic

    ['epik]
    1) (a long poem telling a story of great deeds.) έπος
    2) (a long story, film etc telling of great deeds especially historic.) έπος

    English-Greek dictionary > epic

  • 4 novel

    I ['novəl] noun
    (a book telling a long story in prose: the novels of Charles Dickens.) μυθιστόρημα
    II ['novəl] adjective
    (new and strange: a novel idea.) νέος,πρωτότυπος,πρωτόγνωρος

    English-Greek dictionary > novel

  • 5 Short

    adj.
    P. and V. βραχύς.
    At so short a distance: P. διὰ τοσούτου.
    Concise: P. and V. σύντομος, βραχύς.
    Little (in amount, time, etc.): P. and V. βραχύς, ὀλίγος, μικρός, σμικρός, Ar. and V. βαιός.
    Of stature: P. and V. μικρός, σμικρός.
    Deficient: P. and V. ἐνδεής, P. ἐλλιπής.
    Short of, deficient in: P. and V. ἐνδεής (gen.); see Deficient.
    Except: P. and V. πλήν (gen.).
    Less than: with numerals use participle, P. δέων (gen.).
    Come short, v.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι; see also lack.
    Come short of.
    Be deficient in: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).
    Fall short, give out: P. and V. ἐκλείπειν, ἐλλείπειν, V. λείπειν, Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
    Fall short of, be inferior to: P. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ὑστερίζειν (gen.), ὑστερεῖν (gen.), P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι (gen.), λείπεσθαι (gen.) (rare P.).
    They reflected how far they had fallen short of their covenant: P. ἐσκόπουν ὅσα ἐξελελοίπεσαν τῆς συνθήκης (Thuc. 5, 42).
    If you persist in sitting idle, letting your zeal stop short at murmuring and commending: P. εἰ καθεδεῖσθε ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι καὶ ἐπαινέσαι σπουδάζοντες (Dem. 109).
    At short notice P. and V. φαύλως; see off-hand.
    In short: see Shortly.
    To sum up: P. ὅλως, P. and V. ἁπλῶς.
    Cut short, abridge, v.: P. and V. συντέμνειν.
    To cut a long story short: P. ἵνα, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν, συντέμω.
    Cut short, shorten: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν.
    Cut short ( a person), make to stop: P. and V. παύειν; see also Interrupt.
    Short ( of temper): P. and V. ὀξύς; see Quick.
    Short of breath: V. δύσπνους.
    Short comings, subs.: P. ἐλλείματα, τά.
    You will make up for your past short comings: P. τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα πάλιν ἀναλήψεσθε (Dem. 42).
    Short cut: P. ἡ σύντομος (Xen.).
    By the shortest cut: P. τὰ συντομώτατα (Thuc. 2, 97).

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

  • 6 life

    plural - lives; noun
    1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) ζωή
    2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) ζωή
    3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) ζωντάνια
    4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) ζωή
    5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) ζωή
    6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) ζωή, μορφή ζωής
    7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) βιογραφία
    8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) ισόβια (δεσμά)
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    - lifelike
    - life-and-death
    - lifebelt
    - lifeboat
    - lifebuoy
    - life-cycle
    - life expectancy
    - lifeguard
    - life-jacket
    - lifeline
    - lifelong
    - life-saving
    - life-sized
    - life-size
    - lifetime
    - as large as life
    - bring to life
    - come to life
    - for life
    - the life and soul of the party
    - not for the life of me
    - not on your life!
    - take life
    - take one's life
    - take one's life in one's hands
    - to the life

    English-Greek dictionary > life

  • 7 saga

    (a long, detailed story: I expect he told you the saga of his troubles.) εποποιία, έπος

    English-Greek dictionary > saga

  • 8 swallow

    I 1. ['swoləu] verb
    1) (to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach: Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.) καταπίνω
    2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) πιστέυω, `χάβω`
    2. noun
    (an act of swallowing.) κατάποση
    - swallow up II ['swoləu] noun
    (a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) χελιδόνι

    English-Greek dictionary > swallow

  • 9 wand

    [wond]
    (a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc: In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince.) μαγικό ραβδί

    English-Greek dictionary > wand

  • 10 Run

    v. trans.
    Run ( a wall in any direction): P. ἄγειν (Thuc. 6, 99), ἐξάγειν (Dem. 1278, Thuc. 1, 93). προάγειν (Dem. 1279).
    ( He said) that the shaft ran right through the eighth whorl: τὴν ἡλακάτην διὰ μέσου τοῦ ὀγδόου (σφονδύλου) διαμπερὲς ἐληλάσθαι (Plat., Rep. 616E).
    Run a risk: V. τρέχειν ἀγῶνα; see under Risk.
    Run ( a candidate), put forward: use P. προτάσσειν.
    Run a race: use race, v.
    Enter for a competition: see Enter.
    V. intrans. P. and V. τρέχειν, θεῖν (Eur., Ion, 1217, but rare V.).
    Hasten: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, ἐπείγεσθαι, ἵεσθαι (rare P.), ἀμιλλᾶσθαι (rare P.), φέρεσθαι; see Hasten.
    Of a ship: P. πλεῖν, V. τρέχειν.
    Run before a fair breeze: V. ἐξ οὐρίων τρέχειν (Soph., Aj. 1083).
    As the story runs: V. ὡς ἔχει λόγος, or P. ὡς ὁ λόγος ἐστί.
    Flow, drip: P. and V. ῥεῖν; see Drip.
    Run about, v. trans.: Ar. and P. περιτρέχειν (acc. or absol.), περιθεῖν (see. or absol.), διατρέχειν (absol.), P. διαθεῖν (absol.).
    Run after, pursue: P. and V. διώκειν, P. ἐπιδιώκειν, καταδιώκειν; see Pursue.
    Run along: P. παραθεῖν (absol.).
    Run away: P. and V. ἐκδιδράσκειν (Eur., Heracl. 14), Ar. and P. ἀποδιδράσκειν, ἀποτρέχειν (Xen.).
    Desert: Ar. and P. αὐτομολεῖν, P. ἀπαυτομολεῖν.
    Fly: P. and V. φεύγειν.
    Let one's anger run away with one: use P. and V. ὀργῇ ἐκφέρεσθαι.
    Run away from: see Avoid.
    Run before ( in advance): P. προθεῖν (absol.), προτρέχειν (gen. or absol.).
    Run down ( a ship), v. trans.: Ar. and P. καταδύειν.
    Collide with: P. προσπίπτειν (dat.); see Collide.
    met., slander: P. and V. διαβάλλειν, P. διασύρειν.
    V. intrans. P. καταθεῖν, Ar. and P. κατατρέχειν.
    Run forward: P. προτρέχειν.
    Run in, into, v. intrans.: Ar. and P. εἰστρέχειν (εἰς, acc.); see dash into.
    Run off: see run away.
    Flow off: P. and V. ἀπορρεῖν.
    Run out: Ar. and P. ἐκτρέχειν, ἐκθεῖν (Xen.); see rush out.
    Run over, knock down, v. trans.: P. and V. καταβάλλειν.
    Overrun: P. κατατρέχειν, καταθεῖν.
    met., describe: P. and V. διέρχεσθαι, ἐπεξέρχεσθαι, Ar. and P. διεξέρχεσθαι.
    Run quickly over: P. ἐπιτρέχειν.
    Run riot, go to excess, v. intrans.: P. and V. ὑπερβάλλειν, ἐξέρχεσθαι, ἐπεξέρχεσθαι, V. ἐκτρέχειν.
    Wanton: P. and V. ὑβρίζειν.
    Run round, v. trans.: Ar. and P. περιτρέχειν (acc. or absol.), περιθεῖν (acc. or absol.).
    Of inanimate things as a wall: P. περιθεῖν.
    Run through, v. trans.: Ar. and P. διατρέχειν (acc.) (Thuc. 4, 79).
    Pierce: see Pierce.
    met., run through an argument, etc.: P. διατρέχειν (acc.); see run over.
    Spend: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν, ἀναλοῦν.
    Squander: P. and V. ἐκχεῖν (Plat.), V. ἀντλεῖν, διασπείρειν,
    Run up: Ar. and P. προστρέχειν, P. προσθεῖν.
    Run with, drip with: P. and V. ῥεῖν (dat.), V. στάζειν (dat.), καταστάζειν (dat.), καταρρεῖν (dat.); see Drip.
    Abound with: see Abound.
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    subs.
    P. and V. δρόμος, ὁ, V. δράμημα, τό, τρόχος, ὁ.
    At a run: P. and V. δρόμῳ, or use Ar. and V. adj., δρομαῖος.
    Voyage: P. and V. πλοῦς, ὁ.
    In the long run: P. and V. τέλος, διὰ χρόνον; see at last, under Last.
    The common run of people: P. and V. τό πλῆθος, οἱ πολλοί.

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

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