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  • 1 edge

    [e‹] 1. noun
    1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) άκρη
    2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) κόψη
    3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) ένταση,δριμύτητα
    2. verb
    1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) πλαισιώνω,ρελιάζω
    2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) σπρώχνω,προχωρώ σιγά-σιγά
    •
    - edgy
    - edgily
    - edginess
    - have the edge on/over
    - on edge

    English-Greek dictionary > edge

  • 2 Edge

    subs.
    Of a weapon: V. ἀκμή, ἡ.
    Of a sword: V. κνώδων, ὁ.
    Of an axe: V. γένυς, ἡ, γνάθος, ἡ.
    Brink: P. χεῖλος, τό; see Border.
    Brim: V. κρᾶτα (acc. sing.) (Soph., O.C. 473); see lip.
    The edge of: use P. and V., adj., ἄκρος (agreeing with subs.); e. g., the edge of the cup: P. and V. ἄκρος κύλιξ.
    Brow of a hill: V. ὀφρύη, ἡ, P. and V. κορυφή, ἡ; see Brow.
    Extreme point: P. and V. τὰ ἔσχατα.
    At the edge of the camp: V. πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου (Eur., Supp. 661).
    Edge of the sea: see Coast.
    Take the edge off, v.: met.. P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.
    They took the edge off operations in the field: P. τὰ ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ ἀμβλύτερα ἐποίουν (Thuc. 2, 65).
    Having lost its edge, adj.: P. and V. ἀμβλύς (Thuc. 3, 38).
    Worn down: V. προστετριμμένος (perf. part. pass. of προστρίβειν).
    ——————
    v. intrans.
    Edge away: P. ὑπεξέρχεσθαι.
    It is edged with snakes like the aegis: V. κεκρασπέδωται δʼ ὄφεσιν αἰγίδος τρόπον (Eur., Ion, 1423).

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

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