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  • 1 Quarter

    subs.
    Fourth part: use P. and V. τέταρτον μέρος.
    Region: P. and V. χώρα, ἡ, τόπος, ὁ, or pl.
    Hand direction: P. and V. χείρ, ἡ.
    From what quarter: interrogative, P. and V. πόθεν; indirect, ὅποθεν.
    From another quarter: P. and V. ἄλλοθεν.
    From all quarters: P. and V. πάντοθεν, Ar. and P. πανταχόθεν.
    From no quarter: P. οὐδαμόθεν.
    From some quarter or other: P. and V. ποθέν ( enclitic).
    All is well in that quarter: V. καλῶς τά γʼ ἐνθένδε (Eur., Or. 1277).
    Quarter of a town: P. μέρος, τό (Thuc. 2, 15), κώμη, ἡ.
    Pardon: P. and V. συγγνώμη, ἡ, V. σύγγνοια, ἡ.
    Give quarter: P. and V. φείδεσθαι (also with gen. of object).
    Give no quarter ( in battle): P. μηδαμῶς ζωγρεῖν (Plat., Legg. 868B).
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    v. trans.
    Billet: P. καταστρατοπεδεύειν (Xen.), V. εὐνάζειν, κατευνάζειν (Eur., Rhes.); see Billet.
    Be quartered: P. σκηνεῖν, V. κατευνάσθαι (perf. pass. of κατευνάζειν), (Eur., Rhes. 611).

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

  • 2 quarter

    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) τέταρτο
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) κέρμα 25 σεντς, ένα τέταρτο του δολαρίου
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) συνοικία
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) πλευρά, σημείο
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) έλεος (σε ηττημένο εχθρό)
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) τέταρτο σφαγίου
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) τέταρτο σελήνης
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) τέταρτο παιχνιδιού
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) τρίμηνο, τριμηνία
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) κόβω στα τέσσερα
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) διαιρώ δια τέσσερα
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) παρέχω κατάλυμα, στρατωνίζω
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    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ανά τρίμηνο
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) τριμηνιαίο περιοδικό
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters

    English-Greek dictionary > quarter

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