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1 Fancy
subs.Imagination ( the faculty): P. φαντασία, ἡ.Conceit, notion: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ, δόξασμα, τό, ἔννοια, ἡ, V. δόκημα, τό, Ar. and P. νόημα, τό.False picture ( as opposed to truth): P. εἴδωλον, τό.Heard ye a cry or has some vain fancy cozened me: V. βοῆς ἠκούσατʼ ἢ δοκὼ κενὴ ὑπῆλθέ με (Eur., El. 747).Castle in the air: P. εὐχή, ἡ.Speculation: P. θεωρία, ἡ.Take a fancy ( to persons): P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι (acc.).Take ( a person's) fancy: use attract, please.——————v. trans.Like: P. ἡδέως ἔχειν (dat.); see Like.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Fancy
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2 Imagination
subs.The faculty: P. φαντασία, ἡ (Plat.).Fancy, conceit: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ, δόξασμα, τό, ἔννοια, ἡ, V. δόκημα, τό.Opposed to reality: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ.He was at Mycenae in imagination: V. ἦν ἐν Μυκήναις τῷ λόγῳ (Eur., H.F. 963).False picture ( as opposed to truth): P. εἴδωλον, τό.Speculation: P. θεωρία, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Imagination
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