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subs.P. and V. νῶτον or pl.Of the back: P. and V. νωτιαῖος (Plat.).Of things: P. τὰ ὄπισθεν.The back legs: P. τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη (Xen.).In the rear: P. κατὰ νώτου.On horse-back: P. and V. ἐφʼ ἵππου.On one's back, adj.: P. and V. ὕπτιος.Turn one's back, v. intrans.: V. νωτίζειν.They turned their backs in flight: V. πρὸς φυγὴν ἐνώτισαν (Eur., And. 1141).Bind ( a person's) hands behind his back: Ar. and P. ὀπίσω τὼ χεῖρε δεῖν (Ar., Lys. 434, and Dem. 356).Binding his hands behind his back: P. τὼ χεῖρε περιαγαγὼν εἰς τοὔπισθεν (Lys. 94).Clasp one's hands behind one's back: P. τὼ χεῖρε εἰς τοὐπίσω συμπλέκειν (Thuc. 4, 4).Why do you weep turning your back upon my face: V. τί μοι προσώπῳ νῶτον ἐγκλίνασα σόν δύρει (Eur., Hec. 739).——————adv.P. and V. πάλιν, ἔμπαλιν, εἰς τοὔπισθεν, P. εἰς τοὐπίσω, V. ἄψορρον, or use adj., V. ἄψορρος, παλίσσυτος, παλίντροπος, παλίμπλαγκτος.Ago: P. and V. πρότερον.Turn back, v. trans.: P. and V. ἀποστρέφειν; v. intrans., P. and V. ἀποστρέφειν or pass., ὑποστρέφειν or pass.; see under Turn.——————v. trans.Favour: P. and V. εὐνοεῖν (dat.).Support, confirm: P. βεβαιοῦν. V. intrans.Go back: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν or pass.Back out of what one has said: P. ἐξαναχωρεῖν τὰ εἰρημένα (Thuc. 4, 28).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Back
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