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1 Assuming
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Assuming
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2 granted
((even) if; assuming: Granted that you are right, we will have to move fast.) αν υποθέσουμε -
3 granting
((even) if; assuming: Granted that you are right, we will have to move fast.) αν υποθέσουμε -
4 Assume
v. trans.Put on clothes, etc.: P. and V. ἐνδύεσθαι, περιβάλλειν, Ar. and P. ἀμφιεννύναι (or mid.), V. ἀμφιβάλλεσθαι, ἀμφιδύεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἀμφιτιθέναι (or mid.), ἀμπίσχειν (or mid.).Assuming the trouble of your rearing: V. (γῆ) πανδοκοῦσα παιδείας ὄτλον (Æsch., Theb. 18).He assumes and takes upon himself all these men's iniquities: P. πάντα ἀναδεχόμενος καὶ εἰς αὑτόν ποιούμενος τὰ τούτων ἁμαρτήματά ἐστι (Dem. 352).A man might assume a fictitious character: P. δύναιτʼ ἄν τις πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τον αὑτοῦ (Lys. 157).Assume ( hypothetically): P. τιθέναι (or mid.).I will assume it to be so: P. θήσω γὰρ οὕτω (Dem. 648).Assume as a principle: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν, ὑποτίθεσθαι.Be assumed: P. ὑπάρχειν, ὑποκεῖσθαι.This being assumed: V. ὑπόντος τοῦδε (Eur., El. 1036).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Assume
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5 Mourning
subs.See Lamentation.Outward tokens of sorrow: P. and V. πένθος, τό, V. κουρά, ἡ (lit., shaving of the head), πένθημα, τό. Assume mourning, v.; P. and V. πενθεῖν.Join in assuming mourning: P. and V. συμπενθεῖν (dat.).Honour with mourning and all other usual rites: P. τιμᾶν... ἐσθήμασί τε καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις νομίμοις (Thuc. 3, 58).Mourning garments: V. μελάμπεπλος στολή, ἡ.His head shaved in sign of mourning for his daughter: V. κουρᾷ... θυγατρὸς πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος (Eur., Or. 458).Of mourning, adj.: V. πένθιμος, πενθητήριος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Mourning
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6 Studied
adj.Use P. ἐκ παρασκευῆς, Ar. and P. ἐπίτηδες.They shedding tears with studied purpose: οἱ δʼ ἐκβαλόντες δάκρυα ποιητῷ τρόπῳ (Eur., Hel. 1547).Assuming a studied look to hide his knowledge of the disaster: P. ἀδήλως τῇ ὄψει πλασάμενος πρὸς τὴν συμφοράν (Thuc. 6, 58).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Studied
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