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1 switch
[swi ] 1. noun1) (a small lever, handle or other device eg for putting or turning an electric current on or off: The switch is down when the power is on and up when it's off; He couldn't find the light-switch.) διακόπτης2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) (μετα)στροφή, αλλαγή πορείας3) (a thin stick.) ραβδί2. verb(to change, turn: He switched the lever to the `off' position; Let's switch over to another programme; Having considered that problem, they switched their attention to other matters.) αλλάζω, μεταστρέφομαι- switchboard
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2 Embrace
v. trans.P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι, V. περιπτύσσειν (Plat. also but rare P.), προσπτύσσειν (or mid.), ἀμφιβάλλειν, περιβάλλειν, ἀμπίσχειν, Ar. and P. περιλαμβάνειν.Clasp in one's arms: V. ὑπαγκαλίζεσθαι.Practise: see Practise.So they embraced all these matters in one decree: P. διόπερ ἅπαντα ταῦτα εἰς ἓν ψήφισμα συνεσκεύεσαν (Dem. 358).——————subs.O sweet embrace: V. ὦ γλυκεῖα προσβολή (Eur., Med. 1074).Lying in each other's embrace: V. ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμφικείμενοι (Soph., O.C. 1620).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Embrace
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3 Hand
subs.P. and V. χείρ, ἡ.Left hand: P. and V. ἀριστερά, V. λαιά, ἡ.Right hand: P. and V. δεξιά, ἡ.On which hand? V. ποτέρας τῆς χερός; (Eur., Cycl. 681).On either hand: P. ἑκατέρωθεν.At the hands of: P. and V. πρός (gen.). ἐκ (gen.).At second hand: see under Second.At hand, ready, adj.: P. and V. πρόχειρος.Be at hand: P. and V. παρεῖναι; see be present.Hand to hand, adj.: P. στάδιος; adv.: P. συσταδόν.The battle was stubborn, and hand to hand throughout: P. ἦν ἡ μάχη καρτερὰ καὶ ἐν χερσὶ πᾶσα (Thuc. 4, 43).Off-hand, short in speech, adj.: P. βραχύλογος; on the spur of the moment, adv.: P. and V. φαύλως, P. ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς, ἐξ ὑπογυίου.Die by one's own hand: V. αὐτόχειρ θνήσκειν.You dared not do this deed of murder with your own hand: V. δρᾶσαι τόδʼ ἔργον οὐκ ἔτλης αὐτοκτόνως (Æsch., Ag. 1635).Made by hand, artificial, adj.: P. χειροποίητος.Lay hands on, v.: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen. ἐφάπτεσθαι (gen.), λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), V. θιγγάνειν (gen.) (Xen. but rare P.), ψαύειν (gen.) (rare P.).Don't lay hands on me: Ar. μὴ πρόσαγε τὴν χεῖρά μοι (Lys. 893).They ought to bear evidence against me with their hands laid on the victims: P. δεῖ αὐτοὺς... ἁπτομένους τῶν σφαγίων καταμαρτυρεῖν ἐμοῦ (Ant. 130).Have a hand in, share in, v.: P. and V. μετέχειν (gen.), μεταλαμβάνειν (gen.), κοινοῦσθαι (gen. or acc), συμμετέχειν (gen.), V. συμμετίσχειν (gen.).Meddle with: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. ψαύειν (gen.), θιγγάνειν (gen.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.); see Touch.Lift hand against: see raise finger against, under Finger.Put in a person's hands, v.: P. ἐγχειρίζειν (τινί, τι).Take in hand, v.: Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἀναιρεῖσθαι, αἴρεσθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.); see Manage, Undertake.Because they had so many dead on their hands already: P. διὰ τὸ συχνοὺς ήδη προτεθνάναι σφίσι (Thuc. 2, 52).They began to get out of hand: P. ἤρξαντο ἀτακτότεροι γενέσθαι (Thuc. 8, 105).Keep a tight hand on the allies: P. τὰ τῶν συμμάχων διὰ χειρὸς ἔχειν (Thuc. 2, 13).Rule with a high hand: P. ἄρχειν ἐγκρατῶς (absol.) (Thuc. 1, 76)Those present carried matters with such a high hand: P. εἰς τοῦτο βιαιότητος ἦλθον οἱ παρόντες (Lys. 167).Hand in marriage: use V. γάμος, or pl., λέκτρον, or pl., λέχος, or pl.A suitor for your hand: V. τῶν σῶν γάμων μνηστήρ (Æsch., P.V. 739).Give your sister's hand to Pylades: V. Πυλάδῃ δʼ ἀδελφῆς λέκτρον δός (Eur., Or. 1658).——————v. trans.Hold out, offer: P. and V. ὀρέγειν.Hand in (accounts, etc.): P. ἀποφέρειν.Hand round: P. and V. περιφέρειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Hand
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