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  • 1 leaden

    1) (lead-coloured: leaden skies.) μολυβής
    2) (made of lead.) μολύβδινος, μολυβένιος

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  • 2 lead

    I 1. [li:d] past tense, past participle - led; verb
    1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) οδηγώ, καθοδηγώ
    2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) οδηγώ
    3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) προκαλώ
    4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) είμαι επικεφαλής: προηγούμαι
    5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) διάγω, περνώ
    2. noun
    1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) πρώτη θέση
    2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) πρωτοπορία, προβάδισμα
    3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) καθοδήγηση, παράδειγμα
    4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) προβάδισμα
    5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) λουρί σκύλου
    6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) στοιχείο
    7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) πρώτος / πρωταγωνιστικός ρόλος
    - leadership
    - lead on
    - lead up the garden path
    - lead up to
    - lead the way
    II [led] noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) μόλυβδος
    2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) γραφίτης μολυβιού

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  • 3 Lead

    subs.
    P. and V. μόλυβδος, ὁ (Dem. 766; Eur., And. 267).
    White lead: Ar. and P. ψιμθιον, τό.
    Leaden weight: P. and V. μολυβδς, ἡ (Soph., frag.).
    ——————
    v. trans.
    P. and V. γειν, ἡγεῖσθαι (dat.), ἐξηγεῖσθαι (acc. or dat.).
    Guide: P. and V. φηγεῖσθαι (dat.), Ar. and P. ἡγεμονεύειν (gen.), V. ὁδηγεῖν, ὁδοῦν, Ar. and P. προηγεῖσθαι (dat.) ( Xen).
    Lead the way: P. and V. ἡγεῖσθαι, φηγεῖσθαι, P. καθηγεῖσθαι, V. ὁδηγεῖν, ὁδοῦ κατάρχειν, ἐξυφηγεῖσθαι.
    Induce: P. and V. προτρέπειν (or mid.), ἐπγειν, ἐπαίρειν, προγειν, P. ἐπισπᾶν.
    Be at the head of: P. and V. προστατεῖν (gen.), προΐστασθαι (gen.), P. ἡγεμονεύειν (gen.).
    Spend, pass: P. and V. διγειν, τρβειν, Ar. and V. γειν; see pass.
    Be the first: P. πρωτεύειν.
    V. intrans. Tend: P. and V. τείνειν, φέρειν.
    Tend ( of roads): P. and V. φέρειν, γειν.
    Lead against: P. and V. ἐπγειν (τινά τινι).
    Lead astray: P. and V. παργειν, πλανᾶν.
    Lead away: P. and V. πγειν.
    Lead back: P. ἐπανάγειν.
    Lead in: P. and V. εἰσγειν.
    Lead on: P. and V. ἐπγειν, προγειν, πάγειν.
    Lead out: P. and V. ἐξγειν.
    Lead out against an enemy: P. ἐπεξάγειν (absol.).
    Lead round: P. περιάγειν.
    Lead through: Ar. and P. διγειν (τινὰ διά τινος).
    Lead up: P. and V. νγειν.
    ——————
    subs.
    Guidance: P. ὑφήγησις, ἡ.
    Take the lead: P. and V. ἡγεῖσθαι, P. ἡγεμονεύειν.

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

  • 4 Weight

    subs.
    P. and V. σταθμός, ὁ (Eur., Bacch. 811).
    Giving a vast weight of gold: V. μυρίον γε δοὺς χρυσοῦ σταθμόν (Eur., Bacch. 811).
    Worth its weight in silver, adj.: V. σάργυρος.
    Weights and measures: V. μέτρα... καὶ μέρη σταθμῶν (Eur., Phoen. 541; cp. Ar. Av. 1040-1041).
    Leaden weight, subs.: P. and V. μολυβδς, ἡ (Soph., frag.).
    Heaviness: P. βαρύτης, ἡ, V. βρος, τό.
    Burden: P. and V. ἄχθος, τό, Ar. and V. βρος, τό, V. βρῖθος, τό.
    Bulk: P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ.
    Dignity: P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ; see Dignity.
    Importance: P. and V. ῥοπή, ἡ.
    Have weight, influence: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύναμιν ἔχειν; see weigh, v.
    Of persons: P. and V. δύνασθαι, ἰσχειν, V. βρθειν.
    The same words coming from obscure speakers have not the same weight as when they come from men of note: V. λόγος γὰρ ἔκ τʼ ἀδοξούντων ἰὼν κἀκ τῶν δοκούντων αὑτὸς οὐ ταὐτὸν σθένει (Eur., Hec. 294).
    Gifted with more weight of prowess than of sense: V. μείζονʼ ὄγκον δορὸς ἔχοντες ἢ φρενῶν (Eur., Tro. 1158).

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

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