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1 space
[speis] 1. noun1) (a gap; an empty or uncovered place: I couldn't find a space for my car.) (ελεύθερος) χώρος2) (room; the absence of objects; the area available for use: Have you enough space to turn round?; Is there space for one more?) χώρος3) ((often outer space) the region outside the Earth's atmosphere, in which all stars and other planets etc are situated: travellers through space.) διάστημα2. verb((also space out) to set (things) apart from one another: He spaced the rows of potatoes half a metre apart.) αραιώνω- spacing- spacious
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2 Hold
v. trans.Occupy: P. and V. ἔχειν, κατέχειν.Contain, keep in: P. and V. στέγειν.Have room for: P. and V. χωρεῖν (acc.) (Eur., Hipp. 941).The city can't hold him ( isn't big enough for him): P. ἡ πόλις αὐτὸν οὐ χωρεῖ (Dem. 579).Maintain, preserve: P. and V. φυλάσσειν, σώζειν.Stop, check: P. and V. κατέχειν, ἐπέχειν, Ar. and V. ἴσχειν (rare P.), V. ἐπίσχειν (rare P.), ἐρύκειν, ἐξερύκειν, ἐρητύειν.Grasp: P. and V. λαμβάνειν, λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.); see grasp.Hold fast: see cling to.Be held fast: V. προσέχεσθαι (pass.) (Eur., Med. 1213).Consider, deem: P. and V. νομίζειν, ἡγεῖσθαι, ἄγειν, V. νέμειν.Be held: P. and V. δοκεῖν.Hold a meeting: P. and V. σύλλογον ποιεῖν (or mid.).Hold an office: Ar. and P. ἄρχειν ἀρχήν, or ἄρχειν alone.V. intrans. Remain firm: P. and V. μένειν.All that they put upon their shoulders held there without fastenings: V. ὅποσα δʼ ἐπʼ ὤμοις ἔθεσαν οὐ δεσμῶν ὕπο προσείχετο (Eur., Bacch. 755).Maintain an opinion: P. and V. νομίζειν, ἡγεῖσθαι, οἴεσθαι, P. ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διισχυρίζεσθαι.Hold good: P. and V. μένειν, ἐμμένειν.Hold back: see Restrain.Hold by, abide by: P. and V. ἐμμένειν (dat.).Hold down. — They held me down by the hair: V. κόμης κατεῖχον (Eur., Hec. 1166).Hold forth: see Offer.Make a speech: Ar. and P. δημηγορεῖν.Hold out, stretch forth: P. and V. προτείνειν (acc.), ἐκτείνειν (acc.), ὀρέγειν (Plat.).Hold out ( as a threat): P. ἀνατείνεσθαι.Hold out ( as an excuse): P. and V. σκήπτειν (mid. in P.), προβάλλειν (mid. also P.), προὔχεσθαι, προΐστασθαι (Eur., Cycl. 319.), V. προτείνειν, P. προφασίζεσθαι.Hold out, not to yield: P. and V. ἀντέχειν, καρτερεῖν, ὑφίστασθαι.Hold out against: P. and V. ἀντέχειν (dat.), ὑφίστασθαι (acc.), V. καρτερεῖν (acc.).Hold over: Ar. ὑπερέχειν (τί τινος).As threat: P. ἀνατείνεσθαί (τί τινι).For a little while the alliance held together: P. ὀλίγον μὲν χρόνον συνέμεινεν ἡ ὁμαιχμία (Thuc. 1, 18)Hold up ( as example): P. παράδειγμα ποιεῖσθαι (acc.).——————interj.Stop: P. and V. ἐπίσχες, παῦε, Ar. and P. ἔχε, V. ἴσχε, σχές, παῦσαι (all 2nd pers. sing. of the imperative).——————subs.Thing to hold by: P. ἀντιλαβή, ἡ.Get a hold or grip: P. ἀντιλαβὴν ἔχειν.Support: P. and V. ἔρεισμα, τό (Plat.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Hold
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