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41 victory
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42 Ace
subs.The whole army came within an ace of defeat: P. εἰς ὀλίγον ἀφίκετο πᾶν τὸ στράτευμα νικηθῆναι (Thuc. 4, 129).He came within an ace of being killed: P. παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθεν ἀποθανεῖν (Isoc. 388).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Ace
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43 Check
v. trans.P. and V. κατέχειν, ἐπέχειν, Ar. and V. ἴσχειν (rare P.), V. ἐπίσχειν (rare P.), ἐξερύκειν, ἐρητύειν, ἐρύκειν, σχάζειν, καταστέλλειν.Stop: P. and V. παύειν.Examine: P. and V. διασκοπεῖν, ἐξετάζειν.One who checks ( accounts), subs.: P. ἀντιγραφεύς, ὁ.Auditor: P. εὔθυνος, ὁ.——————subs.Hindrance: P. κώλυμα, τό, διακώλυμα, τό, ἐμπόδισμα, τό.Be a check to: P. and V. ἐμποδὼν εἶναι (dat.), ἐμποδὼν γίγνεσθαι (dat.).Defeat: P. ἧσσα, ἡ, πάθος, τό.Audit: Ar. and P. εὔθυνα, ἡ, or pl.Tally: P. and V. σύμβολον, τό.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Check
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44 Discomfiture
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Discomfiture
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45 Drub
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Drub
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46 Overthrow
subs.Ruin, destruction: P. and V. διαφθορά, ἡ, φθορά, ἡ, ὄλεθρος, ὁ, V. ἀποφθορά, ἡ.Defeat: P. ἧσσα, ἡ.Overthrow ( of a government): P. κατάλυσις, ἡ.——————v. trans.Conquer: P. and V. νικᾶν, χειροῦσθαι.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Overthrow
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47 Reverse
v. trans.P. and V. ἀναστρέφειν.Be a reversed: P. περιίστασθαι.They entirely reversed this policy: P. οἱ δὲ ταῦτα πάντα εἰς τοὐναντίον ἔπραξαν (Thuc. 2, 65).——————subs.Something contrary: P. and V. τοὐναντίον (or pl.), τοὔμπαλιν.Quite the reverse of this: P. πολὺ τοὐναντίον τούτου.Things small and just and the reverse: V. καὶ σμικρὰ καὶ δίκαια καὶ τἀναντία (Soph., Ant. 667).Defeat: P. and V. σφάλμα, τό, P. ἦσσα, ἡ, ἀτύχημα, τό, πταῖσμα, τό.Suffer a reverse, v.: P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι, σφάλλεσθαι, P. προσκρούειν (Dem. 312).Since you have suffered a reverse of fortune: V. ἐπειδὴ περιπετεῖς ἔχεις τύχας (Eur., And. 982).——————adj.Contrary: P. and V. ἐναντίος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reverse
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48 Sea
subs.P. and V. θάλασσα, ἡ, Ar. and V. πόντος, ὁ (used in P. in geographical designations e.g., ὁ Εὔξεινος πόντος, rarely otherwise), Ar. and V. ἅλς, V. ἅλμη, ἡ.Open sea, high sea: P. and V. πέλαγος, τό.met., sea (of difficulties, etc.): P. and V. τρικυμία, ἡ (Plat., Euthy. 293A), πέλαγος, τό (Plat., Prot. 338A), V. κλύδων, ὁ.Of the sea, adj.: P. and V. θαλάσσιος, V. πελάγιος, ἅλιος (Eur., Hel. 774), Ar. and V. πόντιος, ἐνάλιος.In the open sea: use adj., P. and V. πελάγιος, P. μετέωρος.At sea, be at sea: P. θαλασσεύειν.Die at sea: V. ἐνάλιος θανεῖν (Eur., Hel. 1066).By the sea, adj.: P. παραθαλάσσιος, ἐπιθαλάσσιος, ἐπιθαλασσίδιος, P. and V. παράλιος, πάραλος, ἀκταῖος (Thuc.), V. ἐπάκτιος, παράκτιος.Command the sea, v.: P. θαλασσοκρατεῖν.Commanding the sea, adj.: P. θαλασσοκράτωρ.Defeat sea: P. καταναυμαχεῖν (acc.).Put to sea, v. intrans.: P. and V. ἀνάγεσθαι, ἐξανάγεσθαι, ἀπαίρειν, P. ἐπανάγεσθαι, ἀναγωγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ἀναπλεῖν, αἴρειν.Putting out to sea, subs.: P. ἀναγωγή, ἡ; against an enemy: P. ἐπαναγωγή, ἡ.Supreme at sea, adj.: P. ναυκράτωρ, θαλασσοκράτωρ.Be supreme at sea, v.: P. θαλασσοκρατεῖν.When the Greeks took more readily to the sea: P. ἐπειδὴ οἱ Ἕλληνες μᾶλλον ἐπλώϊζον (Thuc. 1, 13). Tossed by the sea, adj.: V. θαλασσόπλαγκτος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sea
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49 Sea-fight
subs.P. ναυμαχία, ἡ.Defeat in a sea fight: P. καταναυμαχεῖν (acc.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sea-fight
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