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1 Play
v. trans.Act a part: P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.Play Antigone: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι.Play the second part: Ar. δευτεριάζειν.Play third rate parts: P. τριταγωνιστεῖν.Play the man: P. ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι.Play a part, pretend: Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι.Play a game: Ar. and P. παιδιὰν παίζειν.Play a double game, met.: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.Play the pipe: P. and V. αὐλεῖν.Play pipe to: Ar. προσαυλεῖν (Eccl. 892).Act in jest: P. and V. παίζειν.Play an instrument: Ar. and P. ψάλλειν.The flute girl played: Ar. αὐλητρὶς ἐνεφύσησε (Vesp. 1219).Gamble: Ar. and P. κυβεύειν.Play at: P. παίζειν (dat.).Play at dice: P. ἀστραγάλοις παίζειν (Plat., Alci. I. 110B).Play into—not thinking they were playing into the hands of Agoratus: P. οὐκ οἰόμενοι Ἀγοράτῳ συμπράσσειν ( Lys. 138).Play off—play off the Greeks one against another: P. αὐτοὺς περὶ ἑαυτοὺς τοὺς Ἕλληνας κατατρῖψαι (Thuc. 8, 46).Play on (play on words, etc.): P. κομψεύεσθαι (acc.), V. κομψεύειν (acc.); see also play upon.Play upon, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Play with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.).——————subs.P. and V. παιδιά, ἡ.Speak in play: P. and V. παίζων εἰπεῖν.Piece for acting: Ar. and P. δρᾶμα, τό.Give play to, exercise: Ar. and P. μελετᾶν, P. and V. γυμνάζειν. Use, put into operation: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Make a display of: P. and V. ἐνδείκνυσθαι.Fair play: P. ἐπιείκεια, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Play
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2 play
[plei] 1. verb1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) παίζω2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) παίζω3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) παίζω (ρόλο)4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) παίζομαι5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) παίζω6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) παίζω7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) παίζω8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) (τρεμο)παίζω,παιχνιδίζω9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) κατευθύνω,στρέφω10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) παίζω,ρίχνω2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) διασκέδαση,παιχνίδι2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) θεατρικό έργο3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) παιχνίδι4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) τζόγος,παίξιμο•- player- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
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3 play back
to play (music, speech etc) on a record or tape after it has just been recorded (noun play-back) παίζω(μαγνητοταινία) -
4 play off
( in games) to play a final deciding game after a draw (noun play-off) παίζω τη ρεβάνς -
5 play by ear
(to play (music) without looking at and without having memorized printed music.) παίζω από μνήμης -
6 play a
((not) to be one of the people who are doing (something): He played no part in the robbery.) παίζω ρόλο -
7 play a hoax on
(to carry out a trick on.) κάνω φάρσα σε(κάποιον) -
8 play a trick / tricks on
(to do something which is amusing to oneself because it deceives or frightens (someone else), or makes them appear stupid: He played a trick on her by jumping out from behind a wall as she passed.) κάνω φάρσα -
9 play at
1) (to pretend to be etc: The children were playing at cowboys and Indians.) παίζω,παριστάνω2) (used when asking angrily what someone is doing: What does he think he's playing at (=doing)?) σκαρώνω -
10 play down
(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) μειώνω τη σημασία -
11 play fair
(to act honestly and fairly.) παίζω καθαρό παιχνίδι -
12 play for time
(to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) προσπαθώ να κερδίσω χρόνο -
13 play havoc with
(to cause a lot of damage to: The storm played havoc with the farmer's crops.) καταστρέφω -
14 play into someone's hands
(to do exactly what an opponent or enemy wants one to do.) παίζω με το παιχνίδι του αντιπάλου -
15 play off against
(to set (one person) against (another) in order to gain an advantage: He played his father off against his mother to get more pocket money.) υποκινώ ανταγωνισμό -
16 play on
(to make use of (someone's feelings, fears etc): He played on my sympathy until I lent him $10.) εκμεταλλεύομαι -
17 play possum
(to pretend to be dead or asleep.) κάνω την πάπια/τον ψόφιο κοριό -
18 play safe
(to take no risks.) παίζω εκ του ασφαλούς/στα σίγουρα -
19 play the fool
(to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people: He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom.) κάνω τον καραγκιόζη -
20 play the game
(to act fairly and honestly.) παίζω με τους κανόνες του παιχνιδιού
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