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1 escape
[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) δραπετεύω2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) ξεφεύγω,γλιτώνω3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) διαφεύγω4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) διαρρέω2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) απόδραση,διαφυγή,διαρροή- escapism- escapist -
2 get off lightly
(to escape or be allowed to go without severe punishment etc.) τη γλιτώνω φτηνά -
3 Way
subs.Path: P. and V. ὁδός, ἡ, V. τρίβος, ὁ or ἡ (also Xen. but rare P.), οἶμος, ὁ or ἡ (also Plat. but rare P.), στίβος, ὁ, πόρος, ὁ. Ar. and P. ἀτραπός, ἡ, Ar. and V. κέλευθος, ἡ.Omens by the way: V. ἐνόδιοι σύμβολοι, οἱ (Æsch., P. V. 487).Right of way: Ar. also P. δίοδος, ἡ.Way in: P. and V. εἴσοδος, ἡ.Way through ( by sea): P. διάπλους, ὁ.In the way: use adv., P. and V. ἐμποδών.They will get in each other's way: P. ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ταράξονται (Thuc. 7, 67).Get in the way of: see collide with.Out of the way: use adv., P. and V. ἐκποδών.Put out of the way: see Remove.Remote: see Remote.They will suffer no out of the way punishment: P. οὐδὲν μεῖζον τῶν ὑπαρχόντων πείσονται (Lys. 103).Get out of the way, stand aside, v.: P. and V. ἐξίστασθαι: see give way.Have your way since such is the will of all: V. νικᾶτʼ ἐπειδὴ πᾶσιν ἁνδάνει τάδε (Eur., Rhes. 137).Make a way, v.: P. ὁδοποιεῖν.Advance, gain ground: P. and V. προκόπτειν.Make way; give way.Force one's way: P. βιάζεσθαι; see under Force.Flag: flag.met., yield: P. and V. εἴκειν ὑπείκειν, συγχωρεῖν, ἐκχωρεῖν, V. παρείκειν, Ar. and P. παραχωρεῖν, ὑποχωρεῖν, P. ὑποκατακλίνεσθαι.Be conquered: P. and V., ἡσσᾶσθαι.Give way a little: P. ὑπενδιδόναι (absol.).Give way to: P. and V. ἐνδιδόναι (dat.) (Eur., Tro. 687), συγχωρεῖν (dat.), εἴκειν (dat.), ὑπείκειν (dat.), Ar. and P. ὑποχωρεῖν (dat.), παραχωρεῖν (dat.), V. ἐκχωρεῖν (dat.), προσχωρεῖν (dat.), ἐξίστασθαι (dat.). P. ὑποκατακλίνεσθαι (dat.); see under give, indulge, yield.Get under way, v. trans.: P. and V. αἴρειν (Eur., Hec. 1141); v. intrans.: P. and V. ἀπαίρειν, P. αἴρειν.Work one's way: see Advance.Method, manner: P. and V. τρόπος, ὁ, ὁδός, ἡ.In what way: see How.In that way: P. ἐκείνῃ, V. κείνῃ (Eur., Alc. 529).In a kind of way: P. and V. τρόπον τινά.In every way: P. and V. πανταχῆ, P. πανταχῶς.In many ways: P. πολλαχῶς.In some ways... in others: P. and V. τῇ μέν... τῇ δέ (Eur., Or. 356).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Way
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