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['fidl] 1. noun1) (a violin: She played the fiddle.) βιολί2) (a dishonest business arrangement: He's working a fiddle over his taxes.) κομπίνα2. verb1) (to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) παίζω βιολί2) ((with with) to make restless, aimless movements: Stop fiddling with your pencil!) παίζω νευρικά3) (to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly: She has been fiddling the accounts for years.) ετοιμάζω κομπίνα, `μαγειρεύω`•- fiddler- fiddler crab
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adj.P. and V. δεύτερος.Second to, inferior to: P. and V. ὕστερος (gen.), ἥσσων (gen.), χείρων (gen.).Second thoughts: V. ὕστεραι γνῶμαι, δεύτεραι φροντίδες.In the second place: see Secondly.At second hand, speak at second hand: V. λέγειν κλύων ἄλλων (Eur., Heracl. 847; cf. also Eur., Or. 532-533).Hear at second hand: V. λόγους ἄλλων κλύειν (Æsch., Pers. 266), or παρʼ ἀγγέλων ἄλλων ἀκούειν (Soph., O.R. 6).Having Ischander to play second fiddle: P. Ἴσχανδρον ἔχων... δευτεραγωνιστήν (Dem. 344).Second cousin: see under Cousin.Second prize: P. δευτερεῖα, τά.——————v. trans.Help on: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν.With personal object: P. and V. παρεῖναι (dat.), Ar. and P. συναγωνίζεσθαι, παραγίγνεσθαι (dat.), V. παραστατεῖν (dat.); see Help.Speak on behalf of: P. and V. συνηγορεῖν (dat.), P. συναγορεύειν (dat.), συνειπεῖν (dat. or absol.).They were incensed against those of the orators who had seconded the expedition: P. χαλεποὶ ἦσαν τοῖς συμπροθυμηθεῖσι τῶν ῥητόρων τὸν ἔκπλουν (Thuc. 8, 1).The sailors sang a hymn to second the prayers of the maiden: V. ναῦται δʼ ἐπηυφήμησαν εὐχαῖσιν κόρης παιᾶνα (Eur., I.T. 1403).——————subs.See Moment.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Second
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