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1 right-hand rule

правило правой руки

right recursive rule — праворекурсивное правило подстановки

exception proves the rule — исключение подтверждает правило

letter-into-sound rule — правило соответствия "буква-звук"

rule of the road — правила движения транспорта по дорогам

logical rule hyphenation — перенос по логическим правилам

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2 consto

con-sto, stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.
I.
To stand together, stand with some person or thing.
A.
Lit. (very rare):
constant, conserunt sermones inter se drapetae,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—
B.
Trop., to stand with, to agree with, be in accord or agreement, to correspond, fit.
1.
With cum and abl. (cf. consisto, II. B. 3.):
considerabit, constetne oratio aut cum re aut ipsa secum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45:
sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc.,
Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—
2.
Absol.:
veri similis narratio erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt,
Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—
3.
With dat.:
si humanitati tuae constare voles,
Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. with sibi, to agree, accord with itself, to remain like one's self, be consistent:
in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt,
Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so,
with consentire,
id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35:
ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,
id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so,
sibi (opp. titubare),
Quint. 5, 7, 11:
sibi et rei judicatae,
Cic. Clu. 38, 106:
sibi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.:
constat idem omnibus sermo,
Liv. 9, 2, 3.—
4.
In the phrase ratio constat, mercantile t. t., the account agrees or is correct, is or proves right:
auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est,
Cic. Fl. 28, 69:
quibus ratio impensarum constaret,
was correct, accurately kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—
(β).
In postAug. prose, esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the sphere of business:
mirum est, quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. Pan. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio [p. 439] constet, quam si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin. —
II.
With the access. idea of firmness, to stand firm, to remain immovable, unchanging, steadfast, to abide, last, endure, persevere, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and styles).
A.
In gen.:
prius quam totis viribus fulta constaret hostium acies,
Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.:
nec pugna deinde illis constare,
id. 1, 30, 10:
ut non color, non vultus ei constaret,
id. 39, 34, 7; cf.:
valetudo ei neque corporis neque animi constitit,
Suet. Calig. 50; and:
dum sanitas constabit,
Phaedr. 4, 24, 30:
non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem atque oculis satis constare poterant,
Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.:
in ebrietate lingua non constat,
Sen. Ep. 83, 27:
mente vix constare,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7:
quā in sententia si constare voluissent,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.:
numerus legionum constat,
id. ib. 7, 35:
ceteris exercitibus constare fidem,
Tac. H. 2, 96:
utrimque fides constitit,
kept their word, Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.— Poet.: cum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc;
summā tamen omnia constant,
i. e. the principal sum remains always the same, Ov. M. 15, 258:
postquam cuncta videt caelo constare sereno,
every thing continues in unbroken serenity, Verg. A. 3, 518:
constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,
Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Milit. t. t., to stop, halt: multitudinem procul hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—
2.
Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, settled, certain, manifest, evident, well known:
quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: quod nihil nobis constat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 5:
cum et factum constet et nomen, qualia sint vocatur in dubium,
Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.:
cum factum constat, sed a quo sit factum in controversiam venit,
Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., with acc. and inf.:
mihi multa agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse,
Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.:
quod omnibus constabat, hiemari in Gallia oportere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—
b.
Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is settled, established, undisputed, certain, well known, etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: constat inter omnes, with acc. and inf., all agree, all are convinced:
sed tum nimis inter omnis constabat neminem esse resalutatum,
Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:
quae propositio in se quiddam continet perspicuum et quod constare inter omnis necesse est, hanc velle approbare et firmare nihil attinet,
in which all must agree, id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. stare); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf.
also: constare inter homines sapientissimos (for which, just after: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum),
Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:
inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47:
inter augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.:
de facto constat,
Quint. 7, 2, 7; so with de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5:
etsi non satis mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an potius, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1:
nec satis certum constare apud animum poterat, utrum, etc.,
Liv. 30, 28, 1:
quid cuique sit opus constare decet,
Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25:
quid porro quaerendum est? Factumne sit? At constat. A quo? At patet,
Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—
3.
Of a resolve.
(α).
Impers.: mihi (ei) constat, = certum est, it is my ( his) fixed determination, I am determined, I am fully resolved (rare): mihi quidem constat, nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42:
neque satis Bruto neque tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,
were undecided, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:
ut nihil ei constet quod agat,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—
(β).
With the resolve as subject:
animo constat sententia,
Verg. A. 5, 748:
cum constitit consilium,
when my mind was fully made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—
4.
In gen., as opp. to that which has no existence, to exist, be, abide (esp. in Lucr.):
(corpora) quoniam fragili naturā praedita constant,
Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.:
antiquissimi fere sunt, quorum quidem scripta constent,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui sine manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92:
si ipsa mens constare potest vacans corpore,
id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—
5.
With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. only with ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to consist in or of, to be composed of, to rest upon something, etc.
(α).
With ex (very freq. in prose and poetry):
fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris,
Lucr. 2, 385:
homo ex animo constat et corpore,
Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98;
id. Fin. l. l.: simplex (jus) e dulci constat olivo,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 64:
ea virtus, quae constat ex hominibus tuendis,
Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—
(β).
With in and abl. (very rare):
victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,
Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin. —
* (γ).
With de:
partus duplici de semine,
Lucr. 4, 1229.—
(δ).
With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.):
aeterno quia constant semine quaeque,
Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.:
agri campis, vineis, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5:
constat tota oratio longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis,
Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.:
causa constat aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium,
id. 3, 10, 1. omnis disciplina memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—
6.
Mercantile t. t., like our phrase, to stand at, i. e. to cost; constr. with abl.. gen., etc., of price (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).
a.
Lit.
(α).
With abl.:
ut unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19:
filius auro,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57:
navis gratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. stare):
HS. sex milibus tibi constant,
id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §
28: tanto nobis deliciae,
Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84:
magno tibi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4:
parvo,
Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf.
gratis,
Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—
(β).
With gen.:
(ambulatiuncula) prope dimidio minoris constabit isto loco,
Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.:
quanti funus,
id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—
(γ).
With adv.: quod mihi constat carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so,
vilissime,
Col. 9, 1. 6.—
(δ).
With sup.:
cujus area super HS. millies constitit,
Suet. Caes. 26.—
b.
Trop.:
edocet, quanto detrimento et quot virorum fortium morte necesse sit constare victoriam,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:
odia constantia magno,
Ov. H. 7, 47:
imperia pretio quolibet constant bene,
Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, constans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), standing firm, firm, unchangeable, constant, immovable, uniform, fixed, stable, invariable (freq. and class.).
A.
Lit.:
mellis constantior est natura (sc. quam aquae),
Lucr. 3, 192:
constans uva contra tenorem unum algoris aestusve,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27:
cujus in indomito constantior inguine nervus, Quam nova arbor, etc.,
Hor. Epod. 12, 19:
cursus certi et constantes,
Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.:
constans reversio stellarum (with conveniens),
id. ib. 2, 21, 54:
constantissimus motus lunae,
id. Div. 2, 6, 17:
nihil (mundo) motu constantius,
id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54:
constanti vultu graduque,
Liv. 5, 46, 3: aetas, the mature age (of an adult), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.:
constans aetas, quae media dicitur,
id. ib. 20, 76:
aetate nondum constanti,
Suet. Galb. 4:
pax,
firm, secure, Liv. 6, 25, 6:
fides,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 4:
an ire comminus et certare pro Italiā constantius foret,
safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —
b.
Agreeing or accordant with itself, consistent, harmonious:
quemadmodum in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:
nihil intellego dici potuisse constantius,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:
incredibilia an inter se constantia,
Quint. 5, 4, 2:
rumores,
Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:
constans parum memoria hujus anni,
Liv. 10, 37, 13:
constans fama erat,
Suet. Caes. 6; so,
opinio,
id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—
B.
Trop., intellectually or morally certain, sure, steadfast, constant, faithful, steady, unchanging:
firmi et stabiles et constantes amici,
Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2:
quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.:
pater amens at is quidem fuit omnium constantissimus,
a very constant, steadfast man, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.:
prudens et constans (testis),
Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.:
(Helvidius Priscus) recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,
Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.:
constans Fortuna tantum in levitate suā,
Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: neque fidei constans, neque strenuus in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57:
constantior In vitiis, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.— Adv.: constanter.
1.
(Acc. to A.) Firmly, immovably, steadily, constantly:
manere in suo statu,
Cic. Univ. 13: constanter ac perpetuo placet consilium, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:
vitiis gaudere constanter,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:
ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.— Sup.:
impetus caeli constantissime conficiens vicissitudinis anniversarias,
Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—
b.
Harmoniously, evenly, uniformly, consistently:
constanter et aequaliter ingrediens oratio,
Cic. Or. 58, 198:
sibi constanter convenienterque dicere,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in sup., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so,
hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt,
with one voice, unanimously, Caes. B. G. 2, 2:
aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent,
Sall. C. 2, 3:
aequabilius atque constantius regere provincias,
Tac. A. 15, 21 fin. —
2.
(Acc. to B.) Steadily, calmly, tranquilly, sedately:
constanter ac non trepide pugnare,
Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf.
agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: proelium inire,
Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19:
constanter et sedate ferre dolorem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:
constanter et libere se gerere,
id. Att. 4, 16, 9:
constanter prudenterque fit,
id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12:
constanter delata beneficia (with judicio, considerate, and opp. repentino quodam impetu),
id. Off. 1, 15, 49.— Comp.:
cetera exsequi,
Suet. Aug. 10:
acrius quam constantius proelium inire,
Curt. 4, 6, 14.— Sup.:
amicitias retinere,
Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > consto
3 prove

pru:v
verb

1) (to show to be true or correct: This fact proves his guilt; He was proved guilty; Can you prove your theory?) probar

2) (to turn out, or be found, to be: His suspicions proved (to be) correct; This tool proved very useful.) resultar

•

- proven

prove vb demostrar / probar

can you prove that Dan stole the money? ¿puedes demostrar que Dan robó el dinero?

El gerundio de prove se escribe proving

prove

tr[prʊːv]

transitive verb (pt proved, pp proved o proven tr['prʊːvən], ger proving)

1 (show to be true) probar, demostrar

■ they couldn't prove that he killed her no pudieron probar que la había matado él

2 (turn out to be) demostrar

■ she proved herself to be a competent swimmer demostró ser una nadadora competente

intransitive verb

1 (turn out) resultar

■ the information proved correct la información resultó (ser) correcta

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to prove oneself dar pruebas de valor, demostrar su valía

to prove somebody right dar a alguien la razón, demostrar que alguien tiene razón

prove ['pru:v] v, proved ; proved or proven ['pru:və n] ; proving vt

1) test: probar

2) demonstrate: probar, demostrar

prove vi

: resultar

it proved effective: resultó efectivo

prove

v.

• argüir v.

• comprobar v.

• contestar v.

• demostrar v.

• estatuir v.

• evidenciar v.

• probar v.

• resultar v.

• verificar v.

pruːv
1.

(past proved; past p proved or proven) transitive verb

1) (verify, demonstrate) \<\<theory/statement\>\> probar*; \<\<theorem/innocence\>\> probar*, demostrar*; \<\<loyalty/courage\>\> demostrar*

can you prove where you were that night? — ¿tiene pruebas de dónde estaba usted aquella noche?

to prove somebody right/wrong — demostrar* que alguien tiene razón or está en lo cierto/está equivocado

2)

a) ( test) \<\<weapon/system\>\> probar*

b) ( Law) \<\<will\>\> comprobar*, verificar*

2.

v refl

to prove oneself: he was given three months to prove himself — le dieron tres meses para que demostrara su valía

3.

vi

1) ( turn out) resultar

it proved to be very difficult — resultó ser muy difícil

2) ( Culin) \<\<dough\>\> levar, leudar

[pruːv] (pt proved) (pp proved or proven)
1. VT

1) (=give proof of) [+ theory, statement] demostrar, probar; (one's love, loyalty, strength) demostrar

my son was murdered, and I'm going to prove it — a mi hijo lo asesinaron, y voy a demostrarlo or probarlo

can you prove it? — ¿lo puede demostrar or probar?

statistics never prove anything — las estadísticas nunca prueban or demuestran nada

you say you love me, so prove it — dices que me quieres, pues demuéstralo or pruébalo

he wanted to prove his love for her — quería demostrar su amor por ella

• you can't prove anything against me — usted no tiene ninguna prueba en mi contra, usted no puede demostrar or probar nada en mi contra

• it just proves how stupid he is — simplemente demuestra or prueba lo tonto que es

• to prove sb's innocence, prove sb innocent — demostrar or probar la inocencia de algn

• to prove one's point — demostrar que uno está en lo cierto or tiene razón

she took him to court just to prove a point — lo llevó a los tribunales simplemente para demostrar or probar que estaba en lo cierto or que ella tenía razón

• to prove sb right — demostrar que algn tiene razón

he was proved right in the end — al fin se demostró que tenía razón

• it's been scientifically proven or proved — se ha probado or demostrado científicamente, ha sido probado or demostrado científicamente

• to prove that — demostrar que, probar que

that proves that she did it — eso demuestra or prueba que ella lo hizo

• she wants to prove to herself that she can still hold down a job — quiere demostrarse a sí misma que todavía puede mantener un trabajo

• what are you trying to prove? — ¿qué intentas demostrar or probar?

• it's difficult to prove what's going on — es difícil demostrar or probar lo que está pasando

• whether he was right remains to be proved — aún falta por demostrar or probar si tenía razón

• to prove sb wrong — demostrar que algn está equivocado

everyone said that we would fail but we proved them wrong — todo el mundo decía que fracasaríamos, pero demostramos que estaban equivocados

she attempted to prove their theory wrong — intentó encontrar pruebas que demostraran que su teoría estaba equivocada

- the exception proves the rule

2) (=verify) comprobar

you can prove how effective this method is by trying it out yourself — puede comprobar la eficacia de este método probándolo usted mismo

3)

• to prove o.s. — demostrar lo que uno vale

you don't need to prove yourself — no tienes que demostrar lo que vales

he has proved himself worthy of our trust — ha demostrado ser digno de nuestra confianza

he has proved himself to be a successful manager — ha demostrado ser un gerente eficaz

4) (=test out) poner a prueba, someter a prueba

5) (Jur)

• to prove a will — homologar un testamento

2. VI

1) (=turn out) resultar

it proved (to be) useful — resultó (ser) útil

if it proves (to be) otherwise — si resulta (ser) lo contrario

it may prove difficult to secure funding — puede que resulte difícil conseguir fondos

the news proved false — resultó que la noticia era falsa

the temptation proved too much for her — la tentación resultó demasiado grande para ella, no pudo resistir la tentación

2) (Culin) [dough] leudarse

* * *
[pruːv]
1.

(past proved; past p proved or proven) transitive verb

1) (verify, demonstrate) \<\<theory/statement\>\> probar*; \<\<theorem/innocence\>\> probar*, demostrar*; \<\<loyalty/courage\>\> demostrar*

can you prove where you were that night? — ¿tiene pruebas de dónde estaba usted aquella noche?

to prove somebody right/wrong — demostrar* que alguien tiene razón or está en lo cierto/está equivocado

2)

a) ( test) \<\<weapon/system\>\> probar*

b) ( Law) \<\<will\>\> comprobar*, verificar*

2.

v refl

to prove oneself: he was given three months to prove himself — le dieron tres meses para que demostrara su valía

3.

vi

1) ( turn out) resultar

it proved to be very difficult — resultó ser muy difícil

2) ( Culin) \<\<dough\>\> levar, leudar

English-spanish dictionary > prove
4 beweisen

(unreg.)

I v/t

1. (nachweisen) auch MATH. prove, back up; (Ausdruck sein) be evidence of; jemandem etw. beweisen prove s.th. to s.o.; etw. durch Zeugen / Dokumente beweisen prove s.th. with witnesses / documents; die Richtigkeit einer Behauptung / Aussage beweisen prove the accuracy of ( oder back up) a claim / statement; beweisen, dass man Recht hat prove o.s. right; das beweist, dass du Recht hast that proves you right; man konnte ihm seine Schuld nicht beweisen they couldn’t prove that he was guilty, they couldn’t prove his guilt; das lässt sich ( nicht mehr) beweisen that can’t be proved (any more); das beweist zur Genüge, dass... it’s ample proof ( oder evidence) that, it proves beyond doubt that...; es ist eine bewiesene Tatsache, dass... it’s a proven fact that...; das beweist noch gar nichts that doesn’t prove a thing; das musst du mir erst ( einmal) beweisen! I’d like to see you prove it; was zu beweisen war bes. MATH., Schlussformel bei Beweis: QED (quod erat demonstrandum)

2. (zeigen) show; (an den Tag legen) auch display; sie hat großen Mut bewiesen she displayed great courage

II v/refl prove o.s. / itself

* * *

to prove; to show; to evidence; to demonstrate

* * *
be|wei|sen ptp bewiesen irreg [bə'viːzn]
1. vt

1) (= nachweisen) to prove

was zu bewéísen war — QED, quod erat demonstrandum

was noch zu bewéísen wäre — that remains to be seen

2) (= erkennen lassen, dated: = erweisen) to show

2. vr
to prove oneself/itself
* * *

1) (to show clearly: This demonstrates his ignorance of the situation.) demonstrate

2) (to show to be true or correct: This fact proves his guilt; He was proved guilty; Can you prove your theory?) prove

* * *

be·wei·sen *

irreg

I. vt

1. (nachweisen)

▪ [jdm] etw \beweisen to prove sth [to sb]

der Angeklagte ist unschuldig, bis das Gegenteil bewiesen wird the defendant [or accused] is innocent until proven guilty

was zu \beweisen war which was [the thing] to be proved, quod erat demonstrandum

was [noch] zu \beweisen wäre which remains to be proved

2. (erkennen lassen)

▪ etw \beweisen to display [or show] sth

▪ \beweisen, dass/wie... to show that/how...

3. MATH

▪ etw \beweisen to demonstrate sth

II. vr (sich zeigen)

▪ sich akk \beweisen to show [itself]

es beweist sich wieder einmal... this shows once again... [or is further proof...]

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) prove

2) (zeigen) show
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb prove oneself or one's worth (vor + Dat. to)

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beweisen (irr)

A. v/t

1. (nachweisen) auch MATH prove, back up; (Ausdruck sein) be evidence of;

jemandem etwas beweisen prove sth to sb;

etwas durch Zeugen/Dokumente beweisen prove sth with witnesses/documents;

die Richtigkeit einer Behauptung/Aussage beweisen prove the accuracy of ( oder back up) a claim/statement;

beweisen, dass man Recht hat prove o.s. right;

das beweist, dass du Recht hast that proves you right;

man konnte ihm seine Schuld nicht beweisen they couldn’t prove that he was guilty, they couldn’t prove his guilt;

das lässt sich (nicht mehr) beweisen that can’t be proved (any more);

das beweist zur Genüge, dass … it’s ample proof ( oder evidence) that, it proves beyond doubt that …;

es ist eine bewiesene Tatsache, dass … it’s a proven fact that …;

das beweist noch gar nichts that doesn’t prove a thing;

das musst du mir erst (einmal) beweisen! I’d like to see you prove it;

was zu beweisen war besonders MATH, Schlussformel bei Beweis: QED (quod erat demonstrandum)

2. (zeigen) show; (an den Tag legen) auch display;

sie hat großen Mut bewiesen she displayed great courage

B. v/r prove o.s./itself

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) prove

2) (zeigen) show
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb prove oneself or one's worth (vor + Dat. to)

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v.

to demonstrate v.

to manifest v.

to prove v.

to substantiate v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > beweisen
5 demostrar

v.

1 to show, to display.

demuestra tener mucho interés (en) he shows a lot of interest (in)

2 to demonstrate, to show (funcionamiento, procedimiento).

El chico demostró su hipótesis The boy demonstrated his hypothesis.

El vendedor demostró sus artículos The salesman demonstrated his ware.

3 to demonstrate, to prove.

4 to prove to, to demonstrate to, to show to.

Mi auto demostró ser el mejor My car proved to be the best.

5 to demo, to make a demonstration of.

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demostrar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (probar) to prove, show

■ eso demuestra que no es nada inteligente that proves he's not clever at all

2 (hacer una demostración) to demonstrate, show

3 (manifestar) to show

■ demostró buena voluntad she showed goodwill

4 MATEMÁTICAS to prove

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verb

1) to demonstrate

2) show

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VT

1) (=probar) to prove

usted no puede demostrar nada — you can't prove anything

demostró que Galileo tenía razón — she proved Galileo right, she proved o showed that Galileo was right

demostró lo mal que hablaba francés — it proved o showed how badly he spoke French

ha demostrado ser muy buena amiga — she has shown herself to be a very good friend

2) (=enseñar) to show, demonstrate

nos demostraron cómo funcionaba el sistema eléctrico — they showed us o demonstrated to us how the electrical system worked

3) (=mostrar) [+ emoción, sentimiento] to show, display

no demostró ningún interés en mis problemas — he showed o displayed no interest in my problems

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verbo transitivo

1) ( probar) < verdad> to prove, demonstrate; < teorema> to prove

eso demuestra su ignorancia — that shows o proves his ignorance

te voy a demostrar que tengo razón — I'm going to prove to you that I'm right

ha demostrado ser or que es muy capaz — he's shown himself to be very able

2)

a) <interés/sentimiento> to show

b) <funcionamiento/método> to demonstrate

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= demonstrate, evidence, exemplify, prove, show, substantiate, attest to + the fact that, provide + evidence, go to + show, bear + witness.

Ex. The two objectives are interdependent, and this can be demonstrated first by examining the first objective.

Ex. Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

Ex. Natural language indexing is exemplified in many systems by the use of a character-string search.

Ex. One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.

Ex. This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.

Ex. It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex. Statistical reports from several libraries attest to the 'fact' that the great majority of library users are performing topical subject searches, not author/title or known-item searches.

Ex. Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.

Ex. This example goes to show that talent for academic work is only one variety of giftedness.

Ex. Controversy and antagonism attended each area of investigation, as a flood of secondary publication bears witness.

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* demostrar Algo con pruebas = demonstrate + in print.

* demostrar claramente = demonstrate + clearly.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la teoría de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la valía = realise + the potential.

* demostrar lo contrario = prove + differently.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* demostrar los sentimientos de Uno = wear + Posesivo + heart on + Posesivo + sleeve, show + Posesivo + feelings.

* demostrarlo todo = be proof enough.

* demostrar + Posesivo + valía = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth.

* demostrar + Posesivo + valor = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth, prove + Posesivo + courage.

* demostrar que Algo no es cierto = debunk.

* demostrar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar ser = prove + to be, establish + a record.

* demostrar ser mejor = prove + superior.

* demostrar ser necesario = prove + necessary.

* demostrar ser superior = prove + superior.

* demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.

* demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar su utilidad = come into + Posesivo + own.

* demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.

* demostrar tajantemente = demonstrate + emphatically.

* demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.

* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.

* eso demuestra que = it (just) goes to show that.

* estar por demostrar = be unproven.

* evidencia + demostrar = evidence + show.

* experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.

* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.

* inocente hasta que se demuestre lo contrario = innocent until proven guilty.

* lo que demuestra que = which (just) goes to show that.

* que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.

* que puede demostrarse = demonstrably.

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verbo transitivo

1) ( probar) < verdad> to prove, demonstrate; < teorema> to prove

eso demuestra su ignorancia — that shows o proves his ignorance

te voy a demostrar que tengo razón — I'm going to prove to you that I'm right

ha demostrado ser or que es muy capaz — he's shown himself to be very able

2)

a) <interés/sentimiento> to show

b) <funcionamiento/método> to demonstrate

* * *

= demonstrate, evidence, exemplify, prove, show, substantiate, attest to + the fact that, provide + evidence, go to + show, bear + witness.

Ex: The two objectives are interdependent, and this can be demonstrated first by examining the first objective.

Ex: Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

Ex: Natural language indexing is exemplified in many systems by the use of a character-string search.

Ex: One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.

Ex: This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.

Ex: It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex: Statistical reports from several libraries attest to the 'fact' that the great majority of library users are performing topical subject searches, not author/title or known-item searches.

Ex: Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.

Ex: This example goes to show that talent for academic work is only one variety of giftedness.

Ex: Controversy and antagonism attended each area of investigation, as a flood of secondary publication bears witness.

* demostrar Algo con pruebas = demonstrate + in print.

* demostrar claramente = demonstrate + clearly.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la teoría de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar la valía = realise + the potential.

* demostrar lo contrario = prove + differently.

* demostrar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* demostrar los sentimientos de Uno = wear + Posesivo + heart on + Posesivo + sleeve, show + Posesivo + feelings.

* demostrarlo todo = be proof enough.

* demostrar + Posesivo + valía = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth.

* demostrar + Posesivo + valor = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth, prove + Posesivo + courage.

* demostrar que Algo no es cierto = debunk.

* demostrar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* demostrar ser = prove + to be, establish + a record.

* demostrar ser mejor = prove + superior.

* demostrar ser necesario = prove + necessary.

* demostrar ser superior = prove + superior.

* demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.

* demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* demostrar su utilidad = come into + Posesivo + own.

* demostrar su valía = prove + its worth, realise + its full potential.

* demostrar tajantemente = demonstrate + emphatically.

* demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.

* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.

* eso demuestra que = it (just) goes to show that.

* estar por demostrar = be unproven.

* evidencia + demostrar = evidence + show.

* experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.

* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.

* inocente hasta que se demuestre lo contrario = innocent until proven guilty.

* lo que demuestra que = which (just) goes to show that.

* que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.

* que puede demostrarse = demonstrably.

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demostrar [ A10 ]

vt

A (probar) ‹verdad› to prove, demonstrate; ‹teorema› to prove

sus respuestas demuestran una inteligencia poco común her answers demonstrate above average intelligence

eso demuestra que él ya lo sabía that shows o proves that he already knew

te voy a demostrar que tengo razón I'm going to prove to you that I'm right

demostrar + INF:

ha demostrado ser muy capaz he's shown himself to be very able

demostró no tener la más mínima idea he showed o demonstrated that he didn't have the slightest idea

B

1 ‹interés/sentimiento› to show

2 ‹funcionamiento/método› to demonstrate

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demostrar ( conjugate demostrar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹verdad/teorema› to prove, demonstrate;
‹ ignorancia› to show, prove;
◊ ha demostrado ser muy capaz he's shown himself to be very able;

demostrar que algo es/no es cierto to prove sth right/wrong
2
a) ‹interés/sentimiento› to show

b) ‹funcionamiento/método› to demonstrate

demostrar verbo transitivo
1 (enseñar) to show, demonstrate
2 (hacer evidente) to prove
' demostrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acreditar
- agradecimiento
- comprobar
- denotar
- desplegar
- identificar
- manifestar
- probar
English:
demonstrate
- prove
- show
- skill
- display
- exemplify
- exhibit
- QED
- unproven

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demostrar vt

1. [mostrar, exhibir] to show, to display;

demuestra tener mucho interés (en) he shows a lot of interest (in);

demostró ser lo suficientemente responsable para el puesto she showed herself to be responsible enough for the post;

el tenista australiano demostró ser uno de los mejores the Australian tennis player proved himself to be one of the best in the game;

demostraba no tenerle miedo a nadie she showed that she was afraid of nobody

2. [probar] to demonstrate, to prove;

¿me quieres? ¡pues demuéstramelo! you love me, do you? well, prove it!;

…lo cual demuestra que estabas equivocado …which goes to show that you were wrong

3. [funcionamiento, procedimiento] to demonstrate, to show;

¿nos podría demostrar cómo funciona? would you mind showing us how it works?

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demostrar

v/t

1 prove

2 ( enseñar) demonstrate

3 ( mostrar) show

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demostrar {19} vt

: to demonstrate, to show

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demostrar vb

1. (mostrar) to show [pt. showed; pp. shown]

eso demuestra que no has entendido nada that shows you haven't understood a thing

2. (probar) to prove

las pruebas demostraron su inocencia the evidence proved that he was innocent

Spanish-English dictionary > demostrar
6 probar

v.

1 to prove.

eso prueba que tenía razón that proves I was right

Einstein probó su teoría Einstein proved his theory.

2 to try.

lo hemos probado todo we've tried everything

Ella prueba la adivinanza She tries the riddle.

Ellos probaron ayer They tried yesterday.

3 to try on (clothes).

probar una camisa to try on a shirt

4 to taste, to try.

Ella probó la comida She tasted the food.

5 to test, to check.

El presidente probó a María The president tested Mary.

6 to try to, to have a bash at.

Ella probó patinar sin caer She tried to skate without falling.

7 to drink, to touch.

Yo no pruebo el alcohol I don't drink alcohol.

8 to show to, to demonstrate to.

María probó saber mucho Mary showed to know a lot.

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probar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (demostrar) to prove

■ esto prueba la veracidad de su testimonio this proves the truth of his testimony

2 (comprobar) to test, check

■ prueba el coche a ver cómo responde check the car to see how it performs

3 (vino, comida) to taste, try

■ prueba el estofado a ver si está bien de sal taste the stew for salt

■ ¿has probado alguna vez las judías con almejas? have you ever tried beans with clams?

■ nunca pruebo el cava porque me da sueño I never drink cava because it makes me sleepy

4 (prenda, zapato) to try on

■ pruébatelo antes de llevártelo try it on before buying it

► verbo intransitivo

1 to try

■ prueba a cambiarle la pila try changing the battery

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verb

1) to try

2) prove

3) taste

4) test

5) demonstrate

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1. VT

1) (=demostrar) [+ eficacia, inocencia, teoría] to prove

eso probaría la existencia de vida en Marte — that would prove the existence of life on Mars

probar que — to prove that

¿cómo puedes probar que no estabas allí? — how can you prove that you weren't there?

el juez consideró probado que era culpable — the judge considered that he had been proved guilty

2) (=poner a prueba) [+ sustancia, vacuna, persona] to test; [+ método] to try; [+ aparato, arma] to test, try out; [+ actor, músico] to audition

hemos dejado dinero en el suelo para probarlo — we've left some money lying on the floor to test him

prueben su puntería, señoras y señores — try your aim, ladies and gentlemen

te dan diez días para probar el vídeo — they give you a ten-day trial period for the video, they give you ten days to try out the video

probaron a muchos actores para el papel — they auditioned a lot of actors for the part
fortuna 1), suerte 1)
3) (=catar) to try, taste

prueba un poco de este pescado — try o taste a bit of this fish

el médico me ha prohibido que pruebe el marisco — the doctor says I'm not allowed (to eat) seafood

yo el vino no lo pruebo — I never touch o drink wine

llevamos horas sin probar bocado — it's hours since we've had a bite to eat

- al probar se ve el mosto

4) [+ ropa] [hecha a medida] to fit; [de confección] to try on

¿puede venir mañana a que le pruebe el traje? — can you come tomorrow to have your suit fitted?

tengo que ir a la modista a que me pruebe — I have to go to the dressmaker for a fitting

te voy a probar este abrigo a ver como te queda — I'm going to try this coat on you to see what it looks like

2. VI

1) (=intentar) to try, have a go

déjame que pruebe yo — let me try, let me have a go

¿has probado con este bolígrafo? — have you tried this pen?

probar a hacer algo — to try doing sth

he probado a hacerlo yo sola, pero no he podido — I tried doing it on my own but I couldn't

- con o por probar nada se pierde

2) (=sentar) [actividad, ropa] to suit; [comida] to agree with

le probó mal ese oficio — that trade didn't suit him

no me prueba bien el café — coffee doesn't agree with me

3)

probar de algo —
see VT
See:

probar 1., 3)

3.

See:

probarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( demostrar) <teoría/inocencia> to prove

2)

a) <vino/sopa> to taste; ( por primera vez) to try

no he vuelto a probar la ginebra — I haven't touched gin since

no probé bocado en todo el día — I didn't eat a thing o have a bite to eat all day

b) < método> to try

prueba el coche antes de comprarlo — try out the car before buying it

llevé el coche a que le probaran los frenos — I took the car to have the brakes tested

c) < ropa> to try on

probarle algo A alguien — to try something on somebody

la modista me probó el vestido una vez — the dressmaker gave me one fitting for the dress

d) ( poner a prueba) <empleado/honradez> to test
2.
probar vi ( intentar) to try

probar no cuesta nada — there's no harm in trying

¿has probado con quitamanchas? — have you tried using stain remover?

probar A + INF — to try -ing
3.
probarse v pron <ropa/zapatos> to try on

quisiera probarme uno más grande — I'd like to try a larger size

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= evidence, have + a turn at, prove, test, sample, play with, test drive, run-in, try out, have + a shot at, try + Posesivo + hand, taste, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on.

Ex. Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

Ex. Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.

Ex. One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.

Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.

Ex. Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.

Ex. In this five-day workshop we will play with the design and building of non-traditional interface solutions.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Out for a spin: a school librarian test drives 14 CD-ROM encyclopedias'.

Ex. Such an arrangement would enable a viewer to run-in whatever program he needs.

Ex. All they need is a willingness to experiment a bit and to try out a pedagogical method others testify to being of some value.

Ex. Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.

Ex. He abandoned West Africa for a better life in America, trying his hand as an ice cream man.

Ex. Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.

Ex. There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.

Ex. The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.

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* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* probando Algo = trial and error.

* probar a hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.

* probar Algo = dip + Posesivo + toes into these waters, give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.

* probar diferentes cosas = mess with.

* probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim, make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* probar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* probar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* probarse = try on.

* probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.

* probar una idea = test + idea.

* probar una solución = try out + solution.

* probar un punto = prove + point.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( demostrar) <teoría/inocencia> to prove

2)

a) <vino/sopa> to taste; ( por primera vez) to try

no he vuelto a probar la ginebra — I haven't touched gin since

no probé bocado en todo el día — I didn't eat a thing o have a bite to eat all day

b) < método> to try

prueba el coche antes de comprarlo — try out the car before buying it

llevé el coche a que le probaran los frenos — I took the car to have the brakes tested

c) < ropa> to try on

probarle algo A alguien — to try something on somebody

la modista me probó el vestido una vez — the dressmaker gave me one fitting for the dress

d) ( poner a prueba) <empleado/honradez> to test
2.
probar vi ( intentar) to try

probar no cuesta nada — there's no harm in trying

¿has probado con quitamanchas? — have you tried using stain remover?

probar A + INF — to try -ing
3.
probarse v pron <ropa/zapatos> to try on

quisiera probarme uno más grande — I'd like to try a larger size

* * *

= evidence, have + a turn at, prove, test, sample, play with, test drive, run-in, try out, have + a shot at, try + Posesivo + hand, taste, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on.

Ex: Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

Ex: Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.

Ex: One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.

Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.

Ex: Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.

Ex: In this five-day workshop we will play with the design and building of non-traditional interface solutions.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Out for a spin: a school librarian test drives 14 CD-ROM encyclopedias'.

Ex: Such an arrangement would enable a viewer to run-in whatever program he needs.

Ex: All they need is a willingness to experiment a bit and to try out a pedagogical method others testify to being of some value.

Ex: Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.

Ex: He abandoned West Africa for a better life in America, trying his hand as an ice cream man.

Ex: Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.

Ex: There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.

Ex: The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* probando Algo = trial and error.

* probar a hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.

* probar Algo = dip + Posesivo + toes into these waters, give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.

* probar diferentes cosas = mess with.

* probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim, make + good + Posesivo + claim.

* probar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* probar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* probarse = try on.

* probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.

* probar una idea = test + idea.

* probar una solución = try out + solution.

* probar un punto = prove + point.

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probar [ A10 ]

vt

A (demostrar) ‹teoría/acusación/inocencia› to prove

esto prueba que ella tenía razón this proves that she was right

B

1 ‹vino/sopa› to taste; (por primera vez) to try

nunca he probado el caviar I've never tried caviar

no puedo probar el vino, el médico me lo ha prohibido I can't drink wine, doctor's orders

desde entonces no he vuelto a probar la ginebra I haven't touched gin again since then

no ha probado bocado en todo el día she hasn't eaten a thing o had a bite to eat all day

2 ‹método› to try

prueba la aspiradora antes de comprarla try the vacuum cleaner (out) before buying it

estoy dispuesto a probar cualquier cosa con tal de curarme I'm prepared to try anything if it helps me to get better

llevaron el coche a que le probaran los frenos they took the car to have the brakes tested

fortuna, suerte

3 ‹ropa› to try on probarle algo A algn to try sth ON sb

no le puedo comprar zapatos sin probárselos I can't buy shoes for him without him trying them on o without trying them on him

la modista sólo me probó el vestido una vez the dressmaker only gave me one fitting for the dress

4 (poner a prueba) ‹empleado/honradez› to test

dejaron el dinero allí para probarlo they left the money there to test him

■ probar

vi

1 (intentar) to try

déjame probar a mí let me try, let me have a go

probar no cuesta nada there's no harm in trying

¿has probado con quitamanchas? have you tried using stain remover?

probar A + INF to try -ING

prueba a hacerlo de la otra manera try doing it the other way

2 ( ant) (sentar) (+ me/te/le etc) to suit

la vida de ciudad no le prueba city life doesn't suit him

■ probarse

v pron

‹ropa/zapatos› to try on

¿quiere probárselo? would you like to try it on?

quisiera probarme uno más grande I'd like to try a larger size

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probar ( conjugate probar) verbo transitivo
1 ( demostrar) ‹teoría/inocencia› to prove
2
a) ‹vino/sopa› to taste;

( por primera vez) to try
b) ‹ método› to try;

‹coche/mecanismo› to try out
c) ‹ ropa› to try on;

probarle algo A algn to try sth on sb
d) ( poner a prueba) ‹empleado/honradez› to test;

‹arma/vehículo› to test (out)
verbo intransitivo ( intentar) to try;
probar A hacer algo to try doing sth
probarse verbo pronominal ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on
probar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una teoría, un hecho) to prove
2 (una máquina, un aparato, etc) to test
3 (comida, bebida) to try
(sabor, etc) to taste: no prueba el alcohol, he never touches alcohol
II vi (intentar) to try ➣ Ver nota en try
' probar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bocado
- gustar
- suerte
- acreditar
- atestiguar
- fortuna
- tentar
English:
go
- little
- prove
- sample
- substantiate
- taste
- test
- test drive
- try
- try out
- authenticate
- hand
- onus
- unproven

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probar

♦ vt

1. [demostrar, indicar] to prove;

eso prueba que tenía razón that shows I was right

2. [comprobar] to test, to check;

prueba tú mismo la potencia de mi coche see for yourself how powerful my car is

3. [experimentar] to try;

lo hemos probado todo we've tried everything;

probaron a varios actores antes de encontrar el que buscaban they tried o auditioned various actors before finding the one they were looking for

4. [ropa] to try on;

probar una camisa to try on a shirt

5. [degustar] to taste, to try;

¿has probado alguna vez el caviar? have you ever tasted o tried caviar?;

no prueba el vino desde hace meses he hasn't touched wine for months;

no he probado bocado en todo el día I haven't had a bite to eat all day

♦ vi

1. [tratar de]
probar a hacer algo to try to do sth;

prueba a nadar de espaldas try swimming backstroke;

deja que pruebe yo let me try;

por probar no se pierde nada there's no harm in trying

2. [degustar]
probar de todo to try a bit of everything

♦ See also the pronominal verb probarse

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probar

I v/t

1 teoría test, try out

2 ( comer un poco de) taste, try; ( comer por primera vez) try

3 ( justificar) prove

II v/i try;

probar a hacer try doing

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probar {19} vt

1) : to demonstrate, to prove

2) : to test, to try out

3) : to try on (clothing)

4) : to taste, to sample

probar vi

: to try

♦ See also the reflexive verb probarse

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probar vb

1. (examinar) to test / to try [pt. & pp. tried]

pruébalo para ver si funciona try it to see if it works

2. (demostrar) to prove

el abogado no pudo probar nada the lawyer couldn't prove anything

3. (catar) to taste

el cocinero probó el guiso the cook tasted the stew

4. (intentar) to try

probó a batir el récord she tried to break the record

Spanish-English dictionary > probar
7 zeigen

I v/t

1. allg. show; (vorführen) present; (zur Schau stellen) exhibit, display; jemandem etw. zeigen show s.o. s.th., show s.th. to s.o.; jemandem die Stadt zeigen show s.o. ([a]round) the town ( oder city), show s.o. the sights; zeig mal, was du kannst! come on, show us what you can do; zeig mir jemanden, der es besser kann I’d like to see anyone do better; lass dir von ihr zeigen, wie’s geht let her show you how it’s done; dem werd ich’s zeigen! umg., drohend: I’ll show him

2. (anzeigen) show, indicate; das Thermometer zeigt 20° the thermometer is showing 20°; was zeigt die Waage? what do the scales (Am. does the scale) say?

3. geh. (sehen lassen) show; die Blumen zeigen schon Knospen the flowers are beginning to show their buds; was zeigt das Foto? what is the photo of?, what does the photo show?

4. fig. (erkennen lassen) show, demonstrate; (ausdrücken) express; seinen Ärger deutlich zeigen make it obvious how angry one is; jemandem seine Liebe zeigen show one’s love for s.o.; sie kann i-e Gefühle nicht zeigen she finds it hard to express her feelings; deine Antwort zeigt ( mir), dass du nichts verstanden hast it’s clear (to me) from your answer that you haven’t understood anything; die Erfahrung zeigt, dass... experience shows ( oder proves) that...

II v/i

1. Person, Pfeil etc.: point; zeigen auf (+ Akk) point at, point s.th. out; Thermometer: be at; Uhr: say; nach Norden zeigen point north; Fenster etc.: face north; zur Tür zeigen point to the door; sich so hinstellen, dass das Gesicht zur Wand zeigt stand facing the wall, position o.s. so as to be facing the wall; Finger

2. zeig mal let’s see, let’s have a look

III v/refl

1. (sichtbar werden) show (itself); Person: show o.s.; (erscheinen) appear, come out; plötzlich: turn up; die ersten Sterne zeigten sich the stars were beginning to come out, the first stars were visible in the sky; sich mit jemandem zeigen be seen with s.o.; sich in der Öffentlichkeit zeigen appear in public, make a public appearance; so kann ich mich nicht zeigen I can’t go out ( oder let myself be seen) in this state

2. fig. (sich erweisen) prove (to be); sich zeigen als prove (o.s.) to be; sich dankbar / freundlich zeigen be grateful / friendly; es zeigte sich, dass... it turned out that...; daran zeigt sich, dass... this shows that...; da zeigt sich wieder einmal, dass... it just goes to show that...; es wird sich ja zeigen we shall see, time will tell; jetzt zeigt sich, dass es so nicht geht it’s now apparent that this is not the right way; früh zeigte sich sein Talent zum Schriftsteller he showed an early talent for writing; erkenntlich 2, Seite 3 etc.

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to display; to show; to indicate; to exhibit; to express; to screen; to evince; to point;

sich zeigen

to appear; to show

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zei|gen ['tsaign]
1. vi
to point
nach Norden/rechts zéígen — to point north or to the north/to the right

auf jdn/etw zéígen — to point at sb/sth

mit der Maus auf etw zéígen (Comput) — to point the mouse at sth

2. vt
to show; (Thermometer, Messgerät auch) to be at or on, to indicate
jdm etw zéígen — to show sb sth or sth to sb

ich muss mir mal von jemandem zéígen lassen, wie man das macht — I'll have to get someone to show me how to do it

die Uhr zeigte fünf nach zwölf — the clock showed five past twelve

dem werd ichs (aber) zéígen! (inf) — I'll show him!

zeig mal, was du kannst! — let's see what you can do!, show us what you can do!

3. vr
to appear; (Gefühle) to show
sich mit jdm zéígen — to let oneself be seen with sb

in dem Kleid kann ich mich doch nicht zéígen — I can't be seen in a dress like that

er zeigt sich nicht gern in der Öffentlichkeit — he doesn't like showing himself or being seen in public

sich zéígen als... — to show or prove oneself to be...

er zeigte sich befriedigt — he was satisfied

es zeigt sich, dass... — it turns out that...

es zeigt sich (doch) wieder einmal, dass... — it just goes to show...

es wird sich zéígen, wer recht hat — time will tell who is right, we shall see who's right

daran zeigt sich, dass... — that shows (that)...

das zeigt sich jetzt — it's beginning to show

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1) (to show: She displayed a talent for mimicry.) display

2) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) show

3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) show

4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) show

5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) show

6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) show

7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) show

8) (to have or show (a particular expression): She wore an angry expression.) wear

9) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) point

10) (to show; to make known by a sign, gesture etc: He signified his approval with a nod.) signify

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zei·gen

[ˈtsaign̩]

I. vt

1. (deutlich machen)

▪ jdm etw \zeigen to show sb sth

jdm die Richtung/den Weg \zeigen to show sb the way

2. (vorführen)

▪ [jdm] jdn/etw \zeigen to show [sb] sb/sth

sich dat von jdm \zeigen lassen, wie etw gemacht wird to get sb to show one how to do sth

sich dat sein Zimmer \zeigen lassen to be shown one's room

zeig mal, was du kannst! (fam) let's see what you can do! fam

es jdm zeigen (fam) to show sb

3. (geh: erkennen lassen) to show

Wirkung \zeigen to have an effect

Interesse/Reue \zeigen to show interest/regret

seine Gefühle [nicht] \zeigen to [not] show one's feelings

guten Willen \zeigen to show good will

Mut \zeigen to show courage

II. vi

1. (deuten/hinweisen) to point

nach rechts/oben/hinten \zeigen to point right [or to the right]/upwards/to the back

nach Norden \zeigen to point north [or to the north]

▪ auf etw akk \zeigen to point at sth

der Zeiger der Benzinuhr zeigt auf „leer“ the needle on the fuel gauge reads “empty”

▪ [mit etw dat] auf jdn/etw \zeigen to point [with sth] at sb/sth

2. (erkennen lassen)

▪ \zeigen, dass to show that, to be a sign that

III. vr

1. (sich sehen lassen)

▪ sich akk [jdm] \zeigen show oneself [to sb]

sich akk mit jdm \zeigen to let oneself be seen with sb

komm, zeig dich mal! let me see what you look like

2. (erkennbar werden)

▪ sich akk \zeigen to appear

am Himmel zeigten sich die ersten Wolken the first clouds appeared in the sky

3. (sich erweisen)

▪ sich akk [als jd/irgendwie] \zeigen to prove oneself [to be sb/somehow]

sich akk befriedigt/erfreut/erstaunt \zeigen to be satisfied/happy/amazed

sich akk von seiner besten Seite \zeigen to show oneself at one's best

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1.
transitives Verb point

[mit dem Finger/einem Stock] auf jemanden/etwas zeigen — point [one's finger/a stick] at somebody/something
2.
transitives Verb show

jemandem etwas zeigen — show somebody something; show something to somebody; (jemanden zu etwas hinführen) show somebody to something

dem werd' ich's zeigen! — (ugs.) I'll show him!

zeig mal, was du kannst — show [us] what you can do
3.
reflexives Verb

1) (sich sehen lassen) appear

mit ihr kann man sich überall zeigen — you can take her anywhere

2) (sich erweisen)

sich als etwas zeigen — prove to be something

es wird sich zeigen, wer schuld war — time will tell who was responsible

es hat sich gezeigt, dass... — it turned out that...

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zeigen

A. v/t

1. allg show; (vorführen) present; (zur Schau stellen) exhibit, display;

jemandem etwas zeigen show sb sth, show sth to sb;

jemandem die Stadt zeigen show sb ([a]round) the town ( oder city), show sb the sights;

zeig mal, was du kannst! come on, show us what you can do;

zeig mir jemanden, der es besser kann I’d like to see anyone do better;

lass dir von ihr zeigen, wie’s geht let her show you how it’s done;

dem werd ich’s zeigen! umg, drohend: I’ll show him

2. (anzeigen) show, indicate;

das Thermometer zeigt 20° the thermometer is showing 20°;

was zeigt die Waage? what do the scales (US does the scale) say?

3. geh (sehen lassen) show;

die Blumen zeigen schon Knospen the flowers are beginning to show their buds;

was zeigt das Foto? what is the photo of?, what does the photo show?

4. fig (erkennen lassen) show, demonstrate; (ausdrücken) express;

seinen Ärger deutlich zeigen make it obvious how angry one is;

jemandem seine Liebe zeigen show one’s love for sb;

sie kann i-e Gefühle nicht zeigen she finds it hard to express her feelings;

deine Antwort zeigt (mir), dass du nichts verstanden hast it’s clear (to me) from your answer that you haven’t understood anything;

die Erfahrung zeigt, dass … experience shows ( oder proves) that …

B. v/i

1. Person, Pfeil etc: point;

zeigen auf (+akk) point at, point sth out; Thermometer: be at; Uhr: say;

mit der Maus auf etwas zeigen point the mouse at sth;

nach Norden zeigen point north; Fenster etc: face north;

zur Tür zeigen point to the door;

sich so hinstellen, dass das Gesicht zur Wand zeigt stand facing the wall, position o.s. so as to be facing the wall; → Finger

2.

zeig mal let’s see, let’s have a look

C. v/r

1. (sichtbar werden) show (itself); Person: show o.s.; (erscheinen) appear, come out; plötzlich: turn up;

die ersten Sterne zeigten sich the stars were beginning to come out, the first stars were visible in the sky;

sich mit jemandem zeigen be seen with sb;

sich in der Öffentlichkeit zeigen appear in public, make a public appearance;

so kann ich mich nicht zeigen I can’t go out ( oder let myself be seen) in this state

2. fig (sich erweisen) prove (to be);

sich zeigen als prove (o.s.) to be;

sich dankbar/freundlich zeigen be grateful/friendly;

es zeigte sich, dass … it turned out that …;

daran zeigt sich, dass … this shows that …;

da zeigt sich wieder einmal, dass … it just goes to show that …;

es wird sich ja zeigen we shall see, time will tell;

jetzt zeigt sich, dass es so nicht geht it’s now apparent that this is not the right way;

früh zeigte sich sein Talent zum Schriftsteller he showed an early talent for writing; → erkenntlich 2, Seite 3 etc

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1.
transitives Verb point

[mit dem Finger/einem Stock] auf jemanden/etwas zeigen — point [one's finger/a stick] at somebody/something
2.
transitives Verb show

jemandem etwas zeigen — show somebody something; show something to somebody; (jemanden zu etwas hinführen) show somebody to something

dem werd' ich's zeigen! — (ugs.) I'll show him!

zeig mal, was du kannst — show [us] what you can do
3.
reflexives Verb

1) (sich sehen lassen) appear

mit ihr kann man sich überall zeigen — you can take her anywhere

2) (sich erweisen)

sich als etwas zeigen — prove to be something

es wird sich zeigen, wer schuld war — time will tell who was responsible

es hat sich gezeigt, dass... — it turned out that...

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v.

to evince v.

to exhibit v.

to expose v.

to offer v.

to point v.

to show v.

(§ p.,p.p.: showed)

or p.p.: shown•)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > zeigen
8 prove

1.
[pruːv]transitive verb, p.p. proved or proven ['pruːvn] beweisen; nachweisen [Identität]

prove one's ability — sein Können unter Beweis stellen

his guilt/innocence was proved, he was proved [to be] guilty/innocent — er wurde überführt/seine Unschuld wurde bewiesen

prove somebody right/wrong — [Ereignis:] jemandem Recht/Unrecht geben

be proved wrong or to be false — [Theorie, System:] widerlegt werden

prove something to be true — beweisen, dass etwas wahr ist

prove one's/somebody's case or point — beweisen, dass man Recht hat/jemandem Recht geben

it was proved that... — es stellte sich heraus od. erwies od. zeigte sich, dass...
2. reflexive verb, p.p.
proved or proven

prove oneself — sich bewähren

prove oneself intelligent/a good player — sich als intelligent/als [ein] guter Spieler erweisen
3. intransitive verb, p.p.
proved or proven (be found to be) sich erweisen als

prove [to be] unnecessary/interesting/a failure — sich als unnötig/interessant/[ein] Fehlschlag erweisen

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[pru:v]
verb

1) (to show to be true or correct: This fact proves his guilt; He was proved guilty; Can you prove your theory?) beweisen

2) (to turn out, or be found, to be: His suspicions proved (to be) correct; This tool proved very useful.) sich erweisen als

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prove

<-d, -d or AM usu proven>

[pru:v]

I. vt

1. (establish)

▪ to \prove sth etw beweisen

to \prove the truth of sth die Richtigkeit von etw dat nachweisen

to \prove a point beweisen, dass man Recht hat

2. (show)

▪ to \prove oneself sb/sth:

during the rescue she \proved herself to be a highly competent climber während der Rettungsaktion erwies sie sich als sehr geübte Kletterin

▪ to \prove oneself sth sich dat selbst etw beweisen

II. vi

1. + n, adj sich akk erweisen

working with children \proved to require more patience than he'd expected mit Kindern zu arbeiten erforderte mehr Geduld, als er gedacht hatte

to \prove successful sich akk als erfolgreich erweisen

2. BRIT (rise) dough gehen lassen

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[pruːv] pret proved, ptp proved or proven
1. vt

1) (= verify) beweisen; will beglaubigen

he proved that she did it — er bewies or er wies nach, dass sie das getan hat

to prove sb innocent or sb's innocence — jds Unschuld beweisen or nachweisen

to prove something against sb — jdm etwas nachweisen

whether his judgement was right remains to be proved or proven — es muss sich erst noch erweisen, ob seine Beurteilung zutrifft

it all goes to prove that... — das beweist mal wieder, dass...

he was proved right in the end — er hat schließlich doch recht behalten

2) (= test out, put to the proof) rifle, aircraft etc erproben; one's worth, courage unter Beweis stellen, beweisen

he did it just to prove a point — er tat es nur der Sache wegen

3) (COOK) dough gehen lassen

2. vi

1) (COOK dough) gehen

2)

(= turn out) to prove (to be) hot/useful etc — sich als heiß/nützlich etc erweisen

if it proves otherwise — wenn sich das Gegenteil herausstellt

3. vr

1) (= show one's value, courage etc) sich bewähren

2)

to prove oneself innocent/indispensable etc — sich als unschuldig/unentbehrlich etc erweisen

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prove [pruːv]

A v/t prät proved, pperf proved, besonders US proven

1. er-, nach-, beweisen:

prove sth to sb jemandem etwas beweisen;

prove to o.s. that … sich beweisen, dass …;

prove adultery beweisen, dass Ehebruch vorliegt;

prove one’s alibi sein Alibi nachweisen;

prove one’s case beweisen, dass man recht hat;

prove by chemical tests chemisch nachweisen;

prove sb guilty jemandes Schuld erweisen; → right A 2, wrong A 1

2. JUR ein Testament bestätigen (lassen)

3. bekunden, unter Beweis stellen, zeigen

4. auch TECH prüfen, erproben, einer (Material)Prüfung unterziehen:

a proved remedy ein erprobtes oder bewährtes Mittel;

prove o.s.

a) sich bewähren,

b) sich beweisen,

c) sich erweisen als; → proving 1

5. MATH die Probe machen auf (akk)

B v/i

1. sich herausstellen oder erweisen als:

prove (to be) necessary;

prove a great success;

his fears proved groundless;

he will prove (to be) the heir es wird sich herausstellen, dass er der Erbe ist;

prove true (false)

a) sich als richtig (falsch) herausstellen,

b) sich (nicht) bestätigen (Voraussage etc)

2. sich bestätigen oder bewähren als

3. ausfallen, sich ergeben:

it will prove otherwise es wird anders kommen oder ausfallen

4. aufgehen (Teig)

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1.
[pruːv]transitive verb, p.p. proved or proven ['pruːvn] beweisen; nachweisen [Identität]

prove one's ability — sein Können unter Beweis stellen

his guilt/innocence was proved, he was proved [to be] guilty/innocent — er wurde überführt/seine Unschuld wurde bewiesen

prove somebody right/wrong — [Ereignis:] jemandem Recht/Unrecht geben

be proved wrong or to be false — [Theorie, System:] widerlegt werden

prove something to be true — beweisen, dass etwas wahr ist

prove one's/somebody's case or point — beweisen, dass man Recht hat/jemandem Recht geben

it was proved that... — es stellte sich heraus od. erwies od. zeigte sich, dass...
2. reflexive verb, p.p.
proved or proven

prove oneself — sich bewähren

prove oneself intelligent/a good player — sich als intelligent/als [ein] guter Spieler erweisen
3. intransitive verb, p.p.
proved or proven (be found to be) sich erweisen als

prove [to be] unnecessary/interesting/a failure — sich als unnötig/interessant/[ein] Fehlschlag erweisen

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(ascertain) beyond doubt expr.

zweifelsfrei beweisen (feststellen) ausdr. (to be) very useful expr.

sich als nützlich erweisen ausdr. v.

besagen v.

beweisen v.

erproben v.

erweisen v.

prüfen v.

English-german dictionary > prove
9 confirmar

v.

1 to confirm.

Ella confirmó los rumores She confirmed the rumors.

Ella confirmó el ataque She confirmed the attack.

María confirmó a pesar de la carta Mary confirmed despite the letter.

2 to ratify, to confirm, to approve, to affirm.

María confirmó su asistencia Mary ratified her attendance.

3 to confirm to, to prove to.

María confirmó hacer de madrina Mary confirmed to act as godmother.

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confirmar

► verbo transitivo

1 to confirm

► verbo pronominal confirmarse

1 to be confirmed

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verb

to confirm

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1. VT

1) [+ noticia, rumor, temor] to confirm

esto confirma mis peores sospechas — this confirms my worst suspicions

según confirmaron fuentes policiales — as police sources confirmed, according to police sources

- la excepción confirma la regla

2) [+ vuelo, cita] to confirm

el presidente confirmó su asistencia a la reunión — the president confirmed that he would be attending the meeting

3) (=reafirmar) [+ sentencia] to confirm

esta victoria le confirma como el mejor atleta mundial — this win confirms him as the best athlete in the world

esto me confirma más en mi postura — this makes me more convinced that I'm right

4) (Rel) to confirm

2.

See:

confirmarse

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verbo transitivo

1) <noticia/vuelo> to confirm

esto me confirma en mis temores — this confirms my fears

es la excepción que confirma la regla — it's the exception that proves the rule

2) (Relig) to confirm

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= bear out, confirm, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, substantiate, validate, add + confirmation to, underpin, uphold, speak to, vindicate, affirm.

Ex. This instruction bears out the earlier statement that the identification of concepts is related to the subject undergoing indexing.

Ex. The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex. These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex. The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.

Ex. Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.

Ex. It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex. The records will be validated by the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada and regularly included in the MARC Distribution Service for the benefit of libraries that are not members of OCLC.

Ex. In these statements, Carnegie added strong confirmation to the librarian's long-held elitist views.

Ex. This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.

Ex. The stereotype of the serious novel 'collecting dust on the shelf' was not upheld by research.

Ex. These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.

Ex. The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.

Ex. This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

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* confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.

* confirmar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar una hipótesis = support + hypothesis, validate + hypothesis.

* confirmar una observación = bear out + point.

* confirmar una sospecha = confirm + suspicion.

* excepciones que confirman la regla = exceptions to prove the rule.

* por confirmar = to be confirmed.

* ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.

* sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unvalidated, to be confirmed.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) <noticia/vuelo> to confirm

esto me confirma en mis temores — this confirms my fears

es la excepción que confirma la regla — it's the exception that proves the rule

2) (Relig) to confirm

* * *

= bear out, confirm, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, substantiate, validate, add + confirmation to, underpin, uphold, speak to, vindicate, affirm.

Ex: This instruction bears out the earlier statement that the identification of concepts is related to the subject undergoing indexing.

Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex: These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex: The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.

Ex: Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.

Ex: It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.

Ex: The records will be validated by the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada and regularly included in the MARC Distribution Service for the benefit of libraries that are not members of OCLC.

Ex: In these statements, Carnegie added strong confirmation to the librarian's long-held elitist views.

Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.

Ex: The stereotype of the serious novel 'collecting dust on the shelf' was not upheld by research.

Ex: These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.

Ex: The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.

Ex: This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

* confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.

* confirmar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.

* confirmar una hipótesis = support + hypothesis, validate + hypothesis.

* confirmar una observación = bear out + point.

* confirmar una sospecha = confirm + suspicion.

* excepciones que confirman la regla = exceptions to prove the rule.

* por confirmar = to be confirmed.

* ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.

* sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unvalidated, to be confirmed.

* * *

confirmar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹noticia/sospecha› to confirm

es la excepción que confirma la regla it's the exception that proves the rule

2 ‹vuelo/regreso› to confirm

fue confirmado como director he was confirmed as the new director

3 (en una idea, opinión) to confirm

esto me confirma en mis temores this confirms my fears

B ( Relig) to confirm

* * *

confirmar ( conjugate confirmar) verbo transitivo
to confirm;
◊ la excepción que confirma la regla the exception that proves the rule

confirmar verbo transitivo to confirm
♦ Locuciones: la excepción confirma la regla, the exception proves the rule

' confirmar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sancionar
- comprobar
- venir
English:
bear out
- confirm
- corroborate
- diagnosis
- so
- validate
- bear
- substantiate
- support
- up
- verify
- vindicate

* * *

confirmar

♦ vt

1. [noticia, sospecha] to confirm;

esto sólo confirma mis sospechas this simply confirms my suspicions

2. [billete, reserva] to confirm;

el ministro ha sido confirmado en el cargo the minister has been confirmed in his post

3. Rel to confirm

♦ See also the pronominal verb confirmarse

* * *

confirmar

v/t confirm

* * *

confirmar vt

: to confirm, to substantiate

* * *

confirmar vb to confirm

Spanish-English dictionary > confirmar
10 chorradas

f.pl.

nonsense, baloney, meaningless stuff, hogwash.

* * *

= baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.

Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.

Ex. This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.

Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.

Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.

Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.

Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.

Ex. Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.

Ex. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.

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* chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

* decir chorradas = bullshit.

* * *

= baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.

Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.

Ex: This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.

Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.

Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.

Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.

Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.

Ex: Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.

Ex: For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.

* chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

* decir chorradas = bullshit.

Spanish-English dictionary > chorradas
11 comprobar

v.

1 to check.

tengo que comprobar si lo tengo I have to check o see if I've got it

¿podrías comprobar a qué hora sale el tren? could you check what time the train leaves?

Ricardo comprobó los resultados Richard checked the results.

2 to prove.

se ha comprobado que la vacuna es efectiva the vaccine has been proved to be effective

3 to find.

María comprobó la solución Mary found the solution.

* * *

comprobar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (verificar) to verify, check

2 (demostrar) to prove

3 (observar) to see, observe

■ como podrán ustedes comprobar as you can see for yourselves

4 (confirmar) to confirm

* * *

verb

1) to check

2) verify, probe

* * *

VT

1) (=examinar) [+ billete, documento, frenos] to check

compruebe el aceite antes de salir de viaje — check your oil before setting out

compruebe el cambio antes de salir de la tienda — check your change before leaving the shop

comprobó la hora y decidió marcharse — he checked the time and decided to leave

tendré que comprobar si se han cumplido los objetivos — I shall have to see o check whether the objectives have been met

necesito algún documento para comprobar su identidad — I need some document that proves your identity, I need some proof of identity

compruebe nuestros productos usted mismo — try our products for yourself

2) (=confirmar) [+ teoría, existencia] to prove; [+ eficacia, veracidad] to verify, confirm

pudimos comprobar que era verdad — we were able to verify o confirm o establish that it was true

comprobó sus ideas experimentalmente — he proved his arguments through experiments

3) frm (=darse cuenta) to realize

comprobaron que el candidato era demasiado joven — they realized that the candidate was too young

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( verificar) <operación/resultado> to check

comprueba si funciona — see o check if it works

b) ( demostrar) to prove

¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? — do you have any proof of identity?

c) ( darse cuenta) to realize

comprobó que le faltaba un pedazo — he realized that a piece was missing

comprobé con tristeza que era cierto — I was sad to discover that it was true

d) prueba ( confirmar) to confirm

* * *

= check, cross check, make + sure, verify, vet, double-check [doublecheck], collate, test, check out, check for.

Ex. This would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme in order to check that the scheme seems likely to be effective.

Ex. All Allibone's work reveals how important it is for bibliographers to cross check their references and not take earlier work at its face value.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.

Ex. Cataloguers use the NUC and other LC catalogues to verify authors and titles and as sources of authoritative catalogue records.

Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.

Ex. Duplicates should be double-checked before being handled as duplicates.

Ex. It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.

Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.

Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.

Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

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* comprobar con = check against.

* comprobar de antemano = pretest [pre-test], pilot-test.

* comprobar en la práctica real = field-test.

* comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* comprobar la validez = pilot-test.

* comprobar la validez de = test + the validity of.

* comprobar los ingresos = means test.

* comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no = vet + video.

* comprobar si un dispositivo o dirección web está activa = ping.

* comprobar una hipótesis = test + hypothesis.

* haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.

* sin comprobar = untested.

* volver a comprobar = check back.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( verificar) <operación/resultado> to check

comprueba si funciona — see o check if it works

b) ( demostrar) to prove

¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? — do you have any proof of identity?

c) ( darse cuenta) to realize

comprobó que le faltaba un pedazo — he realized that a piece was missing

comprobé con tristeza que era cierto — I was sad to discover that it was true

d) prueba ( confirmar) to confirm

* * *

= check, cross check, make + sure, verify, vet, double-check [doublecheck], collate, test, check out, check for.

Ex: This would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme in order to check that the scheme seems likely to be effective.

Ex: All Allibone's work reveals how important it is for bibliographers to cross check their references and not take earlier work at its face value.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.

Ex: Cataloguers use the NUC and other LC catalogues to verify authors and titles and as sources of authoritative catalogue records.

Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.

Ex: Duplicates should be double-checked before being handled as duplicates.

Ex: It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.

Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.

Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.

Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

* comprobar con = check against.

* comprobar de antemano = pretest [pre-test], pilot-test.

* comprobar en la práctica real = field-test.

* comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* comprobar la validez = pilot-test.

* comprobar la validez de = test + the validity of.

* comprobar los ingresos = means test.

* comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no = vet + video.

* comprobar si un dispositivo o dirección web está activa = ping.

* comprobar una hipótesis = test + hypothesis.

* haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.

* sin comprobar = untested.

* volver a comprobar = check back.

* * *

comprobar [ A10 ]

vt

1 (verificar) ‹operación/resultado› to check

¿le compruebo el nivel del aceite? shall I check the oil for you?

compruébalo tú mismo si no me crees check o see for yourself if you don't believe me

voy a comprobar si funciona I'm going to see o check if it works

2 (demostrar) to prove

¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? do you have any proof of identity o any identification?

3 (darse cuenta) to realize

al examinarlo comprobó que le faltaba una pieza when he examined it he realized that there was a part missing

comprobé con tristeza que era cierto I was sad to discover that it was true

4 «prueba» (confirmar) to confirm

* * *

comprobar ( conjugate comprobar) verbo transitivo
a) ( verificar) ‹operación/resultado/funcionamiento› to check

b) ( demostrar) to prove

c) ( darse cuenta) to realize

d) [ hecho] ( confirmar) to confirm

comprobar verbo transitivo to check: déjame que compruebe que llevas bien atada la corbata, let me check to see whether your necktie is tied correctly
' comprobar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
constatar
- controlar
- interesar
- ver
English:
authenticity
- check
- crosscheck
- double-check
- pace
- prove
- try
- verify
- test

* * *

comprobar vt

1. [revisar] to check;

comprueba los frenos antes de salir de viaje check your brakes before setting out on a journey;

tengo que comprobar si lo tengo I have to check o see if I've got it

2. [averiguar] to check;

¿podrías comprobar a qué hora sale el tren? could you check what time the train leaves?;

he comprobado en carne propia que estabas en lo cierto I found out o discovered through personal experience that you were right

3. [demostrar] to prove;

esto comprueba que yo tenía razón this proves that I was right;

se ha comprobado que la vacuna es efectiva the vaccine has been proved to be effective

* * *

comprobar

v/t

1 check

2 ( darse cuenta de) realize

* * *

comprobar {19} vt

1) : to verify, to check

2) : to prove

* * *

comprobar vb (verificar) to check

comprueba los frenos check the brakes

Spanish-English dictionary > comprobar
12 prove

prove [pru:v]

1. transitive verb

   a. prouver

• that proves him innocent cela prouve qu'il est innocent

• you can't prove anything against me vous n'avez aucune preuve contre moi

• that proved that she did it cela prouvait bien qu'elle l'avait fait

• he couldn't prove anything against her il n'a rien pu prouver contre elle

• the theory remains to be proved cette théorie n'est pas encore prouvée

• he was proved right il s'est avéré qu'il avait raison

• to prove a point ( = show one is right) montrer que l'on a raison

• can you prove it? pouvez-vous le prouver ?

• that proves it! c'est la preuve !

   b. [+ dough] laisser lever

2. intransitive verb

   a. [person, fact, object] se révéler

• he proved incapable of helping us il s'est révélé incapable de nous aider

• the information proved to be correct les renseignements se sont révélés justes

• it proved very useful cela s'est révélé très utile

   b. [dough] lever

3. compounds

► proving ground noun terrain m d'essai

* * *
[pruːv] 1.
transitive verb

1) ( show) gen prouver; ( by demonstration) démontrer

to prove a point — montrer qu'on a raison

2) Law authentifier [will]

3) Culinary faire lever [dough]
2.
intransitive verb

1) ( turn out) s'avérer

it proved otherwise — il en est allé autrement

if I prove to be mistaken — s'il arrive que j'ai tort

2) Culinary [dough] lever
3.
reflexive verb

to prove oneself — faire ses preuves

to prove oneself (to be) — se révéler

English-French dictionary > prove
13 שינוי

שִׁינּוּי, שִׁנּ׳m. (שָׁנָה) change. Gen. R. s. 44 ש׳ השם change of name; ש׳ מקום change of residence. Sabb.114a top ש׳ בגדים change of dress (for the Sabbath, for prayer). Keth.110b, a. e. ש׳ וסת, v. וֶסֶת; a. fr.Esp. (law) change of form (and name) effected on an illegitimately obtained object, by which the present possessor is privileged to retain the object and pay its value. B. Kam.65b נעשה ש׳ בידו וקנאו the change (from calf to ox) happened while the animal was in his possession, and he has obtained ownership. Ib. וניקנינהו בש׳ השם may he not have obtained the ownership of it through the change of name? Ib. ש׳ במקומו עומד (not עומדת) the change stands in its (the originals) place, i. e. the change of form or name of an object does not affect its legal status; ib. 93b; ib. 68a ש׳ במקומה עומד. Ib. 66b ש׳ מעשה (= ש׳ע״י מעשה) a change brought about by human action. Ib. 68a, a. fr. ש׳ רשות change of possession (by transfer of the object to a third person). Ib. 93b ש׳ דרבנן a change which gives the right of ownership by rabbinical ordinance, i. e. ש׳ החוזר לברייתו (ib. 67a) a change (of name) which can be undone by restoring the object to its original condition; ש׳ דאורייתא a change which gives the right of ownership by Biblical law, i. e. a change which cannot be undone; a. fr.Men.43a וסימנך ש׳ שקר ש׳ אמת and the mnemonical word (to remember which change proves the color to be genuine ( תכלת), and which proves it to be adulterated) is ‘a false change (one who changes his word for evil is a bad man), ‘a true change (one who changes his word to do better than he has promised).Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., ch. XIX, Par. 11; Meïl. 18a, v. שִׁיקּוּר I.Pl. שִׁינּוּיִים, שִׁינּוּיִין. B. Kam.65b (ref. to גם, Deut. 23:19) לרבות שִׁינּוּיֵיהֶם, this serves to include in the prohibition these objects even when they have been changed in form; Tem.30b; a. e.

Jewish literature > שינוי
14 שנ׳

שִׁינּוּי, שִׁנּ׳m. (שָׁנָה) change. Gen. R. s. 44 ש׳ השם change of name; ש׳ מקום change of residence. Sabb.114a top ש׳ בגדים change of dress (for the Sabbath, for prayer). Keth.110b, a. e. ש׳ וסת, v. וֶסֶת; a. fr.Esp. (law) change of form (and name) effected on an illegitimately obtained object, by which the present possessor is privileged to retain the object and pay its value. B. Kam.65b נעשה ש׳ בידו וקנאו the change (from calf to ox) happened while the animal was in his possession, and he has obtained ownership. Ib. וניקנינהו בש׳ השם may he not have obtained the ownership of it through the change of name? Ib. ש׳ במקומו עומד (not עומדת) the change stands in its (the originals) place, i. e. the change of form or name of an object does not affect its legal status; ib. 93b; ib. 68a ש׳ במקומה עומד. Ib. 66b ש׳ מעשה (= ש׳ע״י מעשה) a change brought about by human action. Ib. 68a, a. fr. ש׳ רשות change of possession (by transfer of the object to a third person). Ib. 93b ש׳ דרבנן a change which gives the right of ownership by rabbinical ordinance, i. e. ש׳ החוזר לברייתו (ib. 67a) a change (of name) which can be undone by restoring the object to its original condition; ש׳ דאורייתא a change which gives the right of ownership by Biblical law, i. e. a change which cannot be undone; a. fr.Men.43a וסימנך ש׳ שקר ש׳ אמת and the mnemonical word (to remember which change proves the color to be genuine ( תכלת), and which proves it to be adulterated) is ‘a false change (one who changes his word for evil is a bad man), ‘a true change (one who changes his word to do better than he has promised).Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., ch. XIX, Par. 11; Meïl. 18a, v. שִׁיקּוּר I.Pl. שִׁינּוּיִים, שִׁינּוּיִין. B. Kam.65b (ref. to גם, Deut. 23:19) לרבות שִׁינּוּיֵיהֶם, this serves to include in the prohibition these objects even when they have been changed in form; Tem.30b; a. e.

Jewish literature > שנ׳
15 שִׁינּוּי

שִׁינּוּי, שִׁנּ׳m. (שָׁנָה) change. Gen. R. s. 44 ש׳ השם change of name; ש׳ מקום change of residence. Sabb.114a top ש׳ בגדים change of dress (for the Sabbath, for prayer). Keth.110b, a. e. ש׳ וסת, v. וֶסֶת; a. fr.Esp. (law) change of form (and name) effected on an illegitimately obtained object, by which the present possessor is privileged to retain the object and pay its value. B. Kam.65b נעשה ש׳ בידו וקנאו the change (from calf to ox) happened while the animal was in his possession, and he has obtained ownership. Ib. וניקנינהו בש׳ השם may he not have obtained the ownership of it through the change of name? Ib. ש׳ במקומו עומד (not עומדת) the change stands in its (the originals) place, i. e. the change of form or name of an object does not affect its legal status; ib. 93b; ib. 68a ש׳ במקומה עומד. Ib. 66b ש׳ מעשה (= ש׳ע״י מעשה) a change brought about by human action. Ib. 68a, a. fr. ש׳ רשות change of possession (by transfer of the object to a third person). Ib. 93b ש׳ דרבנן a change which gives the right of ownership by rabbinical ordinance, i. e. ש׳ החוזר לברייתו (ib. 67a) a change (of name) which can be undone by restoring the object to its original condition; ש׳ דאורייתא a change which gives the right of ownership by Biblical law, i. e. a change which cannot be undone; a. fr.Men.43a וסימנך ש׳ שקר ש׳ אמת and the mnemonical word (to remember which change proves the color to be genuine ( תכלת), and which proves it to be adulterated) is ‘a false change (one who changes his word for evil is a bad man), ‘a true change (one who changes his word to do better than he has promised).Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., ch. XIX, Par. 11; Meïl. 18a, v. שִׁיקּוּר I.Pl. שִׁינּוּיִים, שִׁינּוּיִין. B. Kam.65b (ref. to גם, Deut. 23:19) לרבות שִׁינּוּיֵיהֶם, this serves to include in the prohibition these objects even when they have been changed in form; Tem.30b; a. e.

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16 שִׁנּ׳

שִׁינּוּי, שִׁנּ׳m. (שָׁנָה) change. Gen. R. s. 44 ש׳ השם change of name; ש׳ מקום change of residence. Sabb.114a top ש׳ בגדים change of dress (for the Sabbath, for prayer). Keth.110b, a. e. ש׳ וסת, v. וֶסֶת; a. fr.Esp. (law) change of form (and name) effected on an illegitimately obtained object, by which the present possessor is privileged to retain the object and pay its value. B. Kam.65b נעשה ש׳ בידו וקנאו the change (from calf to ox) happened while the animal was in his possession, and he has obtained ownership. Ib. וניקנינהו בש׳ השם may he not have obtained the ownership of it through the change of name? Ib. ש׳ במקומו עומד (not עומדת) the change stands in its (the originals) place, i. e. the change of form or name of an object does not affect its legal status; ib. 93b; ib. 68a ש׳ במקומה עומד. Ib. 66b ש׳ מעשה (= ש׳ע״י מעשה) a change brought about by human action. Ib. 68a, a. fr. ש׳ רשות change of possession (by transfer of the object to a third person). Ib. 93b ש׳ דרבנן a change which gives the right of ownership by rabbinical ordinance, i. e. ש׳ החוזר לברייתו (ib. 67a) a change (of name) which can be undone by restoring the object to its original condition; ש׳ דאורייתא a change which gives the right of ownership by Biblical law, i. e. a change which cannot be undone; a. fr.Men.43a וסימנך ש׳ שקר ש׳ אמת and the mnemonical word (to remember which change proves the color to be genuine ( תכלת), and which proves it to be adulterated) is ‘a false change (one who changes his word for evil is a bad man), ‘a true change (one who changes his word to do better than he has promised).Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., ch. XIX, Par. 11; Meïl. 18a, v. שִׁיקּוּר I.Pl. שִׁינּוּיִים, שִׁינּוּיִין. B. Kam.65b (ref. to גם, Deut. 23:19) לרבות שִׁינּוּיֵיהֶם, this serves to include in the prohibition these objects even when they have been changed in form; Tem.30b; a. e.

Jewish literature > שִׁנּ׳
17 favor

adv.

please.

m.

favor (servicio).

hacerle un favor a alguien to do somebody a favor

hágame el favor de cerrar la puerta would you mind shutting the door, please?

pedir un favor a alguien to ask somebody a favor

por favor please

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favor

► nombre masculino

1 favour (US favor)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a favor de in favour (US favor) of

a mi (tu, su, etc) favor in my (your, his, etc) favour (US favor)

■ al final quedamos 2 a 1 a nuestro favor we finally won 2 to 1

en favor de in favour (US favor) of

hacer un favor to do a favour (US favor)

haga (hagan, etc) el favor de + inf formal please + inf

¿me harías (harían, haríais, etc) el favor de + inf? could you + inf?

por favor please

tener a alguien a su favor to have somebody on one's side

tener algo a su favor to have something in one's favour (US favor)

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noun m.

favor

- por favor

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SM

1) (=ayuda) favour, favor (EEUU)

favor de venir puntualmente — Méx please be punctual

• hacer un favor a algn — to do sb a favour

¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favour?

¡está para hacerle un favor! — ** she's really something! *

hacer un flaco favor a algn — to do no favours to sb

¿me hace el favor de bajarme la maleta? — I wonder if you could get my suitcase down for me, please?, could you possibly get my suitcase down for me, please?

¡haced el favor de callaros! — will you please be quiet!

si hace el favor de pasar — if you'd like o care to go in

si hace favor — LAm if you don't mind

• pedir un favor a algn — to ask sb (for) a favour, ask a favour of sb más frm

• por favor — please

¿me dejan pasar, por favor? — could I get past, please?

¡por favor! ¡qué calor hace! — goodness me, it's hot today!

- favor con favor se paga

2) [locuciones]

a)

• a favor — in favour

hay un 50% de gente a favor — 50% of people are in favour

votos a favor — votes in favour

¿estás a favor o en contra? — are you for or against it?

tener el viento a favor — to have the wind behind one o in one's favour

b)

• a favor de — in favour of

no me convencen sus argumentos a favor de la huelga — I'm not convinced by his arguments in favour of the strike

¿está a favor de poner fin al bloqueo del país? — are you in favour of ending the blockade of the country?

la balanza está a nuestro favor — the balance is in our favour

el tiempo corre a nuestro favor — time is on our side

lo tenía todo a su favor — she had everything going for her

el partido ya estaba decidido a favor de la jugadora española — the Spanish player already had the match sewn up

• ir a favor de la corriente — to go with the flow

• a favor de la noche — under cover of darkness

• votar a favor de algo — to vote in favour of sth

c)

• en favor de — [abdicar, manifestarse] in favour of; [intervenir] on behalf of; [trabajar, luchar] for

el director se manifestó en favor del cine europeo — the director spoke in favour of o expressed his support for the European film industry

piden a la ONU su intervención en favor de los detenidos — the UN is being asked to intervene on behalf of those detained

una recogida de firmas en favor del indulto de los presos — a petition for the pardon of the prisoners

siempre abogó en favor de los más débiles — he always defended the underdog

se tomarán nuevas medidas en favor de los ganaderos — new measures are to be taken to help livestock farmers

el sistema fue perdiendo terreno en favor de otros métodos más modernos — the system gradually lost ground to more up-to-date methods

3) (=apoyo) [del rey, dioses] favour, favor (EEUU), protection; [del público] support

gracias al favor del rey — thanks to the king's protection, thanks to the favour he enjoyed with the king

la pérdida del favor popular — the loss of popular support

la película nunca tuvo el favor del gran público — the movie never found favour with the general public

ha sabido ganarse el favor de la audiencia — she has succeeded in winning the audience's affection

• gozar del favor de algn — to have sb's support o backing, enjoy sb's favour frm

el partido goza del favor del 49% de la población — the party has the support o backing of 49% of the population
condición 1)
4)

• entrada de favor — complimentary ticket

5) pl favores [de mujer] favours, favors (EEUU)

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masculino

1)

a) (ayuda, servicio) favor*

¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favor?

vengo a pedirte un favor — I've come to ask you (for) a favor

¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? — would you copy this for me, please?

hagan el favor de esperar — would you mind waiting, please?

gracias, no sabes el favor que me haces — thanks ever so much, you're doing me a big favor

si no te invitan, favor que te hacen — if they don't invite you, they'll be doing you a favor

favor de hacer la cola — (Méx) please stand in line (AmE), please queue here (BrE)

b) (en locs)

a favor — in favor*

dos votos a favor — two votes in favor

llevamos el viento a favor — we have the wind behind us

estar a favor de algo/alguien/+ inf — to be in favor* of something/somebody/-ing

si es así, aún más a mi favor — that makes me all the more right

cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional — five-two, with Nacional ahead (AmE), five-two to Nacional (BrE)

en favor de — in favour of

por favor — please

pide las cosas por favor — say please

¿y tú le creíste? por favor, mujer! — and you believed him? honestly!

2) ( apoyo)

el favor de la crítica — the approval of the critics

favor del rey — the king's favor

cuenta con el favor del jefe — he's/she's in favor with the boss

3) favores (liter) ( sexuales) favor

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= favour [favor, -USA].

Ex. Any favours librarians receive from vendors will be minimal.

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* a favor = in favour.

* a favor de = in favour of.

* a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.

* a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.

* a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].

* a favor de la vida humano = pro-life.

* a favor y en contra = pro and con.

* a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.

* argumentar a favor de = put + the case for, present + case for, make + a case for.

* argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.

* conceder un favor = bestow + favour.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).

* devolución de un favor = repayment of debt.

* devolver un favor = return + a favour.

* dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.

* en favor de = in favour of.

* estar a favor (de) = be in favour (of).

* estar a favor de = be for.

* estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.

* estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.

* favor sexual = sexual favour.

* ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.

* hablar a favor de = speak up for.

* hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.

* hacer un favor = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* hacer un favor a Alguien = do + Nombre + a favour.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* predispuesto a favor de = disposed for.

* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.

* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.

* presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.

* probabilidades a favor de = odds in favour of.

* pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo = take + sides.

* punto a favor = asset.

* romper una lanzar en favor de = stick up for.

* tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.

* trato de favor = preferential treatment.

* viento a favor = tailwind.

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masculino

1)

a) (ayuda, servicio) favor*

¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favor?

vengo a pedirte un favor — I've come to ask you (for) a favor

¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? — would you copy this for me, please?

hagan el favor de esperar — would you mind waiting, please?

gracias, no sabes el favor que me haces — thanks ever so much, you're doing me a big favor

si no te invitan, favor que te hacen — if they don't invite you, they'll be doing you a favor

favor de hacer la cola — (Méx) please stand in line (AmE), please queue here (BrE)

b) (en locs)

a favor — in favor*

dos votos a favor — two votes in favor

llevamos el viento a favor — we have the wind behind us

estar a favor de algo/alguien/+ inf — to be in favor* of something/somebody/-ing

si es así, aún más a mi favor — that makes me all the more right

cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional — five-two, with Nacional ahead (AmE), five-two to Nacional (BrE)

en favor de — in favour of

por favor — please

pide las cosas por favor — say please

¿y tú le creíste? por favor, mujer! — and you believed him? honestly!

2) ( apoyo)

el favor de la crítica — the approval of the critics

favor del rey — the king's favor

cuenta con el favor del jefe — he's/she's in favor with the boss

3) favores (liter) ( sexuales) favor

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= favour [favor, -USA].

Ex: Any favours librarians receive from vendors will be minimal.

* a favor = in favour.

* a favor de = in favour of.

* a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.

* a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.

* a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].

* a favor de la vida humano = pro-life.

* a favor y en contra = pro and con.

* a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.

* argumentar a favor de = put + the case for, present + case for, make + a case for.

* argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.

* conceder un favor = bestow + favour.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).

* devolución de un favor = repayment of debt.

* devolver un favor = return + a favour.

* dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.

* en favor de = in favour of.

* estar a favor (de) = be in favour (of).

* estar a favor de = be for.

* estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.

* estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.

* favor sexual = sexual favour.

* ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.

* hablar a favor de = speak up for.

* hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.

* hacer un favor = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* hacer un favor a Alguien = do + Nombre + a favour.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* predispuesto a favor de = disposed for.

* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.

* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.

* presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.

* probabilidades a favor de = odds in favour of.

* pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo = take + sides.

* punto a favor = asset.

* romper una lanzar en favor de = stick up for.

* tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.

* trato de favor = preferential treatment.

* viento a favor = tailwind.

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favor

masculine

A

1 (ayuda, servicio) favor*

¿me puedes hacer un favor? can you do me a favor?

vengo a pedirte un favor I've come to ask you (for) a favor o to ask a favor of you

no me han hecho ningún favor con estos cambios these changes are a great help, I must say! ( iro)

¿me harías el favor de pasarme esto a máquina? would you type this for me, please?

¿puede hacer el favor de llamar más tarde? could you possibly phone later?

hagan el favor de esperar would you mind waiting, please?

¡hágame el favor, hombre! ¿a eso le llaman arte? they call that art? get out of here! ( AmE) o ( BrE) do me a favour! ( colloq)

si no te invitan, favor que te hacen if they don't invite you, so much the better o they'll be doing you a favor

¿quién es ése? se le puede hacer un favor ¿eh? ( fam hum); who's that guy? I wouldn't say no to him ( colloq)

[ S ] favor de hacer la cola ( Méx); please stand in line ( AmE), please queue here ( BrE)

2 ( en locs):

a favor in favor*

hubo dos votos en contra y seis a favor there were two votes against and six in favor

llevamos el viento a favor we have the wind behind us

a favor de in favor* of

está a favor del divorcio she is in favor of divorce

si es así, aún más a mi favor if that's the case, that makes me all the more right

los que estén a favor de la propuesta, levanten la mano those in favor of the proposal, please show

cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional (durante el partido) five-two, with Nacional ahead ( AmE), five-two to Nacional ( BrE) (resultado final) Nacional wins, five-two ( AmE), five-two to Nacional ( BrE)

saldo a su/nuestro favor balance in your/our favor

en favor de: abdicó en favor de su hijo he abdicated in favor of his son

actuó en favor de los intereses de la empresa he acted in the interests of the company

una colecta en favor de los damnificados a collection in aid of the victims, a collection for the victims

por favor please

la cuenta, por favor can I have the check ( AmE) o ( BrE) bill, please?

pide las cosas por favor say please

¡que no se te vaya a caer, por favor! don't drop it, please!, for heaven's sake don't drop it!

¿y tú le creíste? ¡por favor, mujer! and you believed him? honestly o really!

B

(apoyo, protección): la exposición gozó de los favores del público the exhibition was well supported by the public

intenta ganarse el favor de la crítica he's trying to win the approval of the critics

muchos buscaban sus favores ( liter); many men sought her favors ( liter)

disfrutaba del favor del rey he enjoyed the king's favor

C ( arc) (prenda) favor*

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favor sustantivo masculino
a) (ayuda, servicio) favor^{( conjugate favor)};

◊ ¿me puedes hacer un favor? can you do me a favor?;

vengo a pedirte un favor I've come to ask you (for) a favor;
¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? would you copy this for me, please?;
hagan el favor de esperar would you mind waiting, please?
b) ( en locs)

◊ a favor in favor^{( conjugate favor)};

dos votos a favor two votes in favor;
en favor de in favour of;
estar a favor de algo/algn/hacer algo to be in favor^{( conjugate favor)} of sth/sb/doing sth;
por favor please
favor sustantivo masculino
1 favour, US favor: ¿me puedes hacer un favor?, could you do me a favour?
2 favores (de una mujer) favours
♦ Locuciones: estar a favor de, to be in favour of
por favor, please
' favor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogar
- abonar
- admitir
- aguantar
- alegar
- alta
- alto
- apestosa
- apestoso
- aquí
- asiento
- baja
- bajo
- balanza
- cara
- cobrar
- cobrarse
- coger
- correrse
- decir
- declararse
- delante
- desgracia
- desobedecer
- envolver
- favorecer
- fuego
- guardar
- hacer
- instante
- interceder
- introducir
- lanza
- liquidación
- luz
- pagar
- parar
- partidaria
- partidario
- pedir
- por
- pronunciarse
- resolverse
- salir
- silencio
- soborno
- su
- voto
- abdicar
- atención
English:
against
- argue
- argument
- ask
- assessment
- believe in
- biased
- bring
- bring in
- campaign
- carefully
- carve up
- charity
- come out
- complete
- con
- disregard
- disturb
- divulge
- do
- electioneering
- favor
- favour
- feature
- fetch in
- find
- for
- fragile
- get
- hand out
- hand up
- kindly
- longhand
- lower
- make out
- mind
- oblige
- odds
- path
- please
- plus
- put back
- put through
- really
- receipt
- redeeming
- repay
- report
- return
- ring up

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favor nm

1. [servicio] favour;

pedir un favor a alguien to ask sb a favour;

hacerle un favor a alguien [ayudar a] to do sb a favour;

hágame el favor de cerrar la puerta would you mind shutting the door, please?;

se ruega a los señores viajeros que hagan el favor de esperar sentados passengers are requested to remain seated;
Am
favor de pasar por la puerta B please proceed through gate B;

¡haz el favor de no golpear la puerta! would you kindly stop slamming that door?;

¿abro la ventana? – si haces el favor… shall I open the window? – please, if you don't mind…;

con esa actitud hace un flaco favor a la democracia he's not doing anything for democracy with an attitude like that;
Fam
tu amiga está como para hacerle un favor, a tu amiga le hacía yo un favor I wouldn't mind doing your friend a favour

2. Anticuado o Hum
favores [de una mujer] favours;

la dama le concedió sus favores the lady graced him with her favours

3. [apoyo]
tener a o [m5] en su favor a alguien to enjoy sb's support;

tenía a todo el pueblo a su favor he had the people on his side;

los políticos tienen el favor de sus votantes the politicians enjoy the support of the voters;

goza del favor del público he has public support

4.
de favor [gratuito] complimentary, free

5. [en frases]
un viento/una corriente a favor a favourable wind/current;

¿tú estás a favor o en contra de la nueva ley? are you for or against the new law?;

tienen diez goles a favor y once en contra they've scored ten goals and conceded eleven;

89-99 a favor de los Nets 99-89 to the Nets;

el juez falló a su favor the judge found in his favour;

a favor de in favour of;

estar a favor de to be in favour of;

extendió un cheque a favor de Henar y Cía. she made out a cheque to Henar & Co;

en favor de to the benefit of;

si ahora no contesta, más a mi favor if he doesn't reply now, that proves I'm right all the more;

por favor [al pedir algo] please;
[expresa indignación, sorpresa] for heaven's sake!;
las cosas se piden por favor you say “please” when you ask for something;

nos pidió por favor que la acompañáramos she asked if we could please go with her

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favor

m

1 favor, Br

favour;

hacer un favor do a favor;

¿me harías el favor de echarme esta carta? could you do me a favor and mail this letter?, could you (please) mail this letter for me?;

haz el favor de callarte would you please be quiet!;

pedir un favor a alguien ask s.o. for a favor

2 en locuciones

:

a favor de in favor o Br favour of;

por favor please

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favor nm

1) : favor

2)

a favor de : in favor of

3)

por favor : please

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favor n favour

me has hecho un gran favor you've done me a big favour

En inglés americano favour se escribe favor

estar a favor de algo to be in favour of something

¡haz el favor de hacer algo! will you please do something!

¡haz el favor de sentarte! will you please sit down!

por favor please

Spanish-English dictionary > favor
18 point

point [pɔɪnt]

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1. noun

2. plural noun

3. transitive verb

4. intransitive verb

5. compounds

6. Phrasal Verbs

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1. noun

   a. ( = sharp end) pointe f

• a knife with a sharp point un couteau très pointu

• to dance on points faire les pointes

• not to put too fine a point on it ( = frankly) pour être franc

   b. ( = dot) point m ; ( = decimal point) virgule f (décimale)

• three point six (3.6) trois virgule six (3,6)

   c. (in space, in time) point m

• the highest point in the district le point culminant de la région

• at that point in the road à cet endroit de la route

• he had reached a point where he began to doubt whether... il en était arrivé à se demander si...

• to reach a low point [morale] être au plus bas ; [production, reputation] toucher le fond

• from that point onwards à partir de ce moment

• at this or that point (in space) à cet endroit ; (in time) à ce moment-là

• at this point in time à ce stade

► point of + noun

• there was no point of contact between them ils n'avaient aucun point commun

• point of departure point m de départ

• point of entry point m d'entrée

• to reach the point of no return atteindre le point de non-retour

• point of reference point m de référence

• point of sale point m de vente► the point of + -ing

• to be on the point of doing sth être sur le point de faire qch

• he had reached the point of resigning il en était arrivé au point de donner sa démission► up to a point jusqu'à un certain point

   d. ( = unit) (in score) point m ; (on thermometer) degré m

• the cost-of-living index went up two points l'indice du coût de la vie a augmenté de deux points

   e. ( = idea) point m

• on this point we are agreed sur ce point nous sommes d'accord

• the main points to remember les principaux points à retenir

• point by point point par point

• you have a point there! il y a du vrai dans ce que vous dites !

• he made the point that... il fit remarquer que...

• I take your point je vois ce que vous voulez dire

• point taken! (inf) d'accord !

► a point of + noun

• it was a point of honour with him never to refuse il se faisait un point d'honneur de ne jamais refuser

• point of interest/of no importance point m intéressant/sans importance

• on a point of principle sur une question de principe

   f. ( = important part) [of argument] objet m

• that's not the point là n'est pas la question

• that is beside the point cela n'a rien à voir

• that's just the point! justement !

• I don't see the point of the joke je n'ai pas compris la plaisanterie

• to come to the point [person] en venir au fait

• when it comes to the point, they don't value education au fond, ils n'accordent pas beaucoup d'importance à l'éducation

• we're getting off the point nous nous éloignons du sujet

• let's get back to the point revenons à nos moutons (inf)

• to keep to the point ne pas s'éloigner du sujet

   g. ( = meaning) what was the point of his visit? quel était le but de sa visite ?

• there's some point in it ça a une utilité

• the point of this story is that... la morale de l'histoire, c'est que...

• (very much) to the point (très) pertinent

• to see the point comprendre

• to make a point of doing sth ne pas manquer de faire qch

   h. ( = use) what's the point? à quoi bon ?

• what's the point of waiting? à quoi bon attendre ?

• there's no point waiting ça ne sert à rien d'attendre

• I don't see any point in doing that je ne vois aucun intérêt à faire cela

   i. ( = characteristic) caractéristique f

• good points qualités fpl

• bad points défauts mpl

• the points to look for when buying a car les choses fpl auxquelles il faut faire attention lorsqu'on achète une voiture

   j. (in car) vis f platinée

   k. (British Electricity) ( = power point) prise f (de courant) (femelle)

2. plural noun

points (British) (on railway) aiguillage m

3. transitive verb

   a. ( = aim) pointer (at sur)

• to point a gun at sb braquer un revolver sur qn

• to point sb in the direction of diriger qn vers

• when they ask questions he points them in the direction of the library quand ils posent des questions, il leur dit d'aller à la bibliothèque

• she pointed him in the right direction (inf) elle lui a montré le chemin

• he pointed his finger at me il a pointé le doigt sur moi

► to point the way

• the signs point the way to London les panneaux indiquent la direction de Londres

• the article points the way to a possible solution cet article suggère une solution possible

   b. [+ wall] jointoyer ( with de)

   c. [+ toes] pointer

4. intransitive verb

   a. [person] montrer du doigt

• it's rude to point ce n'est pas poli de montrer du doigt

• to point at sth/sb désigner qch/qn du doigt

• all the evidence points to him tous les faits l'accusent

• everything points to a brilliant career for him tout indique qu'il aura une brillante carrière

• it all points to the fact that... tout laisse à penser que...

• everything points to suicide tout laisse à penser qu'il s'agit d'un suicide

   b. [signpost] indiquer la direction ( towards de)

• the needle is pointing north l'aiguille indique le nord

• the arrow isn't pointing in the right direction la flèche n'indique pas la bonne direction

5. compounds

► point-and-click adjective [browser, interface] pointer-cliquer inv

► point-blank adjective [refusal] catégorique

• at point-blank range à bout portant adverb [fire, shoot] à bout portant ; [refuse] catégoriquement ; [demand] de but en blanc ► point-by-point adjective méthodique

► point duty noun (British)

to be on point duty régler la circulation ► point of view noun point m de vue

• from that/my point of view de ce/mon point de vue ► points failure noun panne f d'aiguillage

► points system noun système m par points

► point-to-point noun steeple-chase champêtre réservé à des cavaliers amateurs

6. Phrasal Verbs

► point out separable transitive verb

   a. ( = show) [+ person, object, place] indiquer

   b. ( = mention) faire remarquer

• to point sth out to sb faire remarquer qch à qn

• I should point out that... je dois vous signaler que...

► point up separable transitive verb mettre en évidence

* * *
[pɔɪnt] 1.
noun

1) (of knife, needle, pencil etc) pointe f

2) (location, position on scale) point m; ( less specific) endroit m

embarkation point — lieu m d'embarquement

point of entry — ( into country) point d'arrivée; ( of bullet into body) point d'impact; ( into atmosphere) point d'entrée

point of no return — point de non-retour

3) (extent, degree) point m

I've got to the point where I can't take any more — j'en suis arrivé au point où je n'en peux plus

up to a point — jusqu'à un certain point

4) ( moment) ( precise) moment m; ( stage) stade m

to be on the point of doing — être sur le point de faire

at this point he broke down — à ce moment-là il a fondu en larmes

at some point in the future — plus tard

at one point — à un moment donné

when it came to the point of deciding — quand il a fallu décider

at this point in time — dans l'état actuel des choses

5) (question, idea) point m

to take up ou return to somebody's point — revenir sur un point soulevé par quelqu'un

this proves my point — cela confirme ce que je viens de dire

to make a point — faire une remarque ( about sur)

to make the point that — faire remarquer que

you've made your point, please let me speak — vous vous êtes exprimé, laissez-moi parler

to make a point of doing something — ( as matter of pride) mettre un point d'honneur à faire quelque chose; ( do deliberately) faire quelque chose exprès

to raise a point about something — soulever la question de quelque chose

my point was that — ce que je voulais dire, c'était que

that's a good point — c'est une remarque judicieuse

I take your point — ( agreeing) je suis d'accord avec vous

I take your point, but — je vois bien où vous voulez en venir, mais

all right, point taken! — très bien, j'en prends note

good point! — très juste!

you've got a point there — vous n'avez pas tort

in point of fact — en fait

6) ( central idea) point m essentiel

to come straight to the point — aller droit au fait

to keep ou stick to the point — rester dans le sujet

to miss the point — ne pas comprendre

what she said was short and to the point — ce qu'elle a dit était bref et pertinent

that's beside the point — là n'est pas la question

to get the point — comprendre

that's not the point — il ne s'agit pas de cela

7) ( purpose) objet m

what's the point of doing...? — à quoi bon faire...?

there's no point in doing — ça ne sert à rien de faire

I don't see the point of doing — je ne vois pas l'intérêt de faire

8) (feature, characteristic) point m, côté m

her strong point — son point fort

9) Sport, Finance ( in scoring) point m

to win by 4 points — gagner à 4 points près

to win on points — ( in boxing) remporter une victoire aux points

match point — ( in tennis) balle f de match

10) ( dot) point m; ( decimal point) virgule f; ( diacritic) signe m diacritique; Mathematics point m

11) Geography ( headland) pointe f
2.
points plural noun

1) GB Railways aiguillages mpl, aiguilles fpl

2) Automobile électrodes fpl

3) ( in ballet)

to dance on point(s) — faire des pointes fpl
3.
transitive verb

1) (aim, direct)

to point something at somebody — braquer quelque chose sur quelqu'un [camera, gun]

to point one's finger at somebody — montrer quelqu'un du doigt

to point the finger at somebody — ( accuse) accuser quelqu'un

to point something towards — (of car, boat) diriger quelque chose vers

to point somebody in the right direction — lit, fig mettre quelqu'un dans la bonne direction

2) ( show)

to point the way to — lit (person, signpost) indiquer la direction de

to point the way to a fairer system — ouvrir la voie à un système plus équitable

3) (in ballet, gym)

to point one's toes — faire des pointes

4) Construction jointoyer [wall]
4.
intransitive verb

1) ( indicate) indiquer or montrer (du doigt)

to point at somebody/something — montrer quelqu'un/quelque chose du doigt

2) [signpost, arrow] indiquer

to point at somebody ou in somebody's direction — [gun, camera] être braqué sur quelqu'un

everything points in that direction — tout semble indiquer que c'est ainsi

to point to something as evidence of success — citer quelque chose comme preuve d'une réussite

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- point out

- point up

English-French dictionary > point
19 _різне

aim at the stars, but keep your feet on the ground all are not thieves that dogs bark at all cats are grey in the dark all roads lead to Rome always lend a helping hand among the blind the one-eyed man is king as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger at a round table, there is no dispute of place a bad excuse is better than none a bad vessel is seldom broken be just before you're generous be just to all, but trust not all the best things come in small packages the best way to resist temptation is to give in to it better alone than in bad company better an empty house than a bad tenant better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion better ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me better to beg than to steal, but better to work than to beg better a tooth out than always aching between two stools one goes to the ground a bird may be known by its flight a bird never flew on one wing a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day a bleating sheep loses a bite a blind man would be glad to see a blind man needs no looking glass bread always falls buttered side down a burden which one chooses is not felt butter to butter is no relish cast no dirt in the well that gives you water the chain is no stronger than its weakest link a change is as good as a rest Christmas comes but once a year circumstances after cases cleanliness is next to godliness the cobbler's wife is the worst shod a cold hand, a warm heart comparisons are odious consistency is a jewel consideration is half of conversation a creaking door hangs long on its hinges desperate diseases must have desperate remedies the devil looks after his own diamond cut diamond dirt shows the quickest on the cleanest cotton discontent is the first step in progress do as you would be done by dog does not eat dog a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone a dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar do not throw pearls before swine do your best and leave the rest with God do your duty and be afraid of none don't be a yes-man don't cut off your nose to spite your face don't drown yourself to save a drowning man don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't spur a willing horse don't strike a man when he is down don't swap the witch for the devil eagles don't catch flies eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together the English are a nation of shopkeepers even a stopped clock is right twice a day every cock sings in his own way every fish that escapes seems greater than it is every man is a pilot in a calm sea every medal has its reverse side every thing comes to a man who does not need it every tub smells of the wine it holds evil communications corrupt good manners the exception proves the rule exchange is no robbery extremes meet facts are stubborn things familiarity breeds contempt fast bind, fast find fields have eyes, and woods have ears fight fire with fire figure on the worst but hope for the best fingers were made before forks the fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near the first shall be last and the last, first follow your own star forbearance is no acquittance the fox knows much, but more he that catches him from the day you were born till you ride in a hearse, there's nothing so bad but it might have been worse from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar fruit is golden in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair the game is not worth the candles a gentleman never makes any noise the gift bringer always finds an open door the giver makes the gift precious a good horse cannot be of a bad colour a good tale is none the worse for being twice told good riddance to bad rubbish the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong the half is more than the whole half a loaf is better than no bread half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one hawk will not pick out hawk's eyes the heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted he may well swim that is held up by the chin he that doesn't respect, isn't respected he that lies down with dogs must rise with fleas he that would live at peace and rest must hear and see and say the best he who is absent is always in the wrong he who follows is always behind the higher the climb, the broader the view history is a fable agreed upon hitch your wagon to a star the ideal we embrace is our better self if a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey if a sheep loops the dyke, all the rest will follow I fear Greeks even when bringing gifts if each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city if the cap fits, wear it if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain if you cannot bite, never show your teeth if you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have if you cannot speak well of a person, don't speak of him at all if you leave your umbrella at home, it is sure to rain if you wish to see the best in others, show the best of yourself ill news travels fast ill weeds grow apace an inch breaks no square it always pays to be a gentleman it costs nothing to ask it is easier to descend than ascend it is easier to pull down than to build up it is good fishing in troubled waters it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back it is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you it is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best it is not clever to gamble, but to stop playing it's a small world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes a thief to catch a thief jealousy is a green-eyed monster jealousy is a proof of self-love keep a dress seven years and it will come back into style keep no more cats than will catch mice kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish kissing goes by favor jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today a joy that's shared is a joy made double justice is blind lay not the load on the lame horse learn to creep before you leap let the cock crow or not, the day will come the longest road is sometimes the shortest way home lookers-on see most of the game man does not live by bread alone many are called but few are chosen many go out for wool and come home shorn many stumble at a straw and leap over a block men cease to interest us when we find their limitations a misty morn may have a fine day the mob has many heads but no brains the moon is not seen when the sun shines the more the merrier mountain has brought forth a mouse much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of name not a halter in his house that hanged himself the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat never be the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside never do anything yourself you can get somebody else to do never is a long time never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing never make a bargain with the devil on a dark day never quarrel with your bread and butter never tell tales out of school a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse no joy without alloy no man is a hero to his valet no mud can soil us but the mud we throw no names, no pack-drill no news good news no one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches none is so blind as they who will not see none of us is perfect nothing is certain but the unforeseen nothing is easy to the unwilling nothing is so good but it might have been better nothing is stolen without hands nothing new under the sun nothing seems quite as good as new after being broken an old poacher makes the best keeper once is no rule one dog barks at nothing, the rest bark at him one good turn deserves another one half of the world does not know how the other half lives one hand washes the other one man's meat is another man's poison one picture is worth ten thousand words one volunteer is worth two pressed men one whip is good enough for a good horse; for a bad one, not a thousand opposites attract each other the orange that is squeezed too hard yields a bitter juice other people's burdens killed the ass out of the mire into the swamp painted flowers have no scent paper is patient: you can put anything on it people condemn what they do not understand pigs might fly the pitcher goes often to the well please ever; tease never plenty is no plague the porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected but is never loved the proof of the pudding is in the eating the remedy is worse than the disease reopen not the wounds once healed a rolling stone gathers no moss the rotten apple injures its neighbors scratch my back and I shall scratch yours the sea refuses no river seize what is highest and you will possess what is in between seldom seen, soon forgotten silence scandal by scandal the sharper the storm, the sooner it's over the sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater solitude is at times the best society some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell the soul of a man is a garden where, as he sows, so shall he reap sour grapes can never make sweet wine sow a thought and reap an act the sow loves bran better than roses a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with still waters run deep stoop low and it will save you many a bump through life a straw shows which way the wind blows a stream cannot rise above its source the style is the man the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle the sun shines on all the world the sun will shine down our street too sunday plans never stand suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one sweetest nuts have the hardest shells the tail cannot shake the dog take things as they are, not as you'd have them tastes differ there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it there is always room at the top there is life in the old dog yet there is no rose without a thorn there is small choice in rotten apples there is truth in wine there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it they need much whom nothing will content they that dance must pay the fiddler they walk with speed who walk alone those who hide can find three removals are as bad as a fire to the pure all things are pure to work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all would be hard indeed too far east is west translation is at best an echo a tree is known by its fruit a tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives two can play at that game two dogs over one bone seldom agree venture a small fish to catch a great one the voice with a smile always wins wear my shoes and you'll know where they pitch we weep when we are born, not when we die what can you have of a cat but her skin what can't be cured must be endured what matters to a blind man that his father could see what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail when a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink when in doubt, do nowt when interest is lost, memory is lost when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will build on it when a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full when the devil is dead, he never lacks a chief mourner when two ride on one horse one must sit behind where bees are, there is honey where it is weakest, there the thread breaks who seeks what he should not finds what he would not why keep a dog and bark yourself? a wonder lasts but nine days the worth of a thing is best known by its want the world is a ladder for some to go up and some down would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink you can tell the day by the morning you cannot lose what you never had you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled you can't put new wine in old bottles you can't walk and look at the stars if you have a stone in your shoe your looking glass will tell you what none of your friends will zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _різне
20 λόγος

λόγος, ὁ, verbal noun of λέγω (B), with senses corresponding to λέγω (B) II and III (on the various senses of the word v. Theo Sm.pp.72,73 H., An.Ox.4.327): common in all periods in Prose and Verse, exc. Epic, in which it is found in signf. derived from λέγω (B) 111, cf.infr. VI. 1 a:

I computation, reckoning (cf. λέγω (B) II).

1 account of money handled, σανίδες εἰς ἃς τὸν λ. ἀναγράφομεν IG12.374.191
; ἐδίδοσαν τὸν λ. ib.232.2; λ. δώσεις τῶν μετεχείρισας χρημάτων Hdt.3.142
, cf. 143; οὔτε χρήματα διαχειρίσας τῆς πόλεως δίδωμι λ. αὐτῶν οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἄρξας οὐδεμίαν εὐθύνας ὑπέχω νῦν αὐτῆς Lys.24.26
; λ. ἀπενεγκεῖν Arist.Ath.54.1
; ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις τοῦ τοιούτου λ. ὑπεχέτω Pl.Lg. 774b
; τὸν τῶν χρημάτων λ. παρὰ τούτων λαμβάνειν D.8.47
; ἀδικήματα εἰς ἀργυρίου λ. ἀνήκοντα Din.1.60
; συνᾶραι λόγον μετά τινος settle accounts with, Ev.Matt.18.23, etc.; δεύτεροι λ. a second audit, Cod.Just.1.4.26.1; ὁ τραπεζιτικὸς λ. banking account, Theo Sm.p.73 H.: metaph., οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδενὸς λ. βροτόν S.Aj. 477
.

b public accounts, i. e. branch of treasury, ἴδιος λ., in Egypt, OGI188.2, 189.3, 669.38; also as title of treasurer, ib.408.4, Str.17.1.12; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λ. IPE2.29
A ([place name] Panticapaeum); δημόσιος λ., = Lat. fiscus, OGI669.21 (Egypt, i A.D.), etc. (but later, = aerarium, Cod.Just.1.5.15); also Καίσαρος λ. OGI669.30
; κυριακὸς λ. ib.18.

2 generally, account, reckoning, μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λ. excels the whole account, i.e. is best of all, S.OC 1225 (lyr.); δόντας λ. τῶν ἐποίησαν accounting for, i.e. paying the penalty for their doings, Hdt.8.100; λ. αἰτεῖν Pl.Plt. 285e
; λ. δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι Id.Prt. 336c
, al.; λαμβάνειν λ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Id.Men. 75d
; παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων λ. Id.R. 344d
; λ. ἀπαιτεῖν D.30.15
, cf. Arist. EN 1104a3; λ. ὑπέχειν, δοῦναι, D.19.95; λ. ἐγγράψαι Id.24.199
, al.; λ. ἀποφέρειν τῇ πόλει Aeschin.3.22
, cf. Eu. Luc.16.2, Ep.Hebr.13.17; τὸ παράδοξον τῶν συμβεβηκότων ὑπὸ λόγον ἄγειν Plb.15.34.2
; λ. ἡ ἐπιστήμη, πολλὰ δὲ ὁ λ. the account is manifold, Plot.6.9.4; ἔχων λόγον τοῦ διὰ τί an account of the cause, Arist.APo. 74b27; ἐς λ. τινός on account of, ἐς χρημάτων λ. Th.3.46
, cf. Plb.5.89.6, LXX 2 Ma1.14, JRS 18.152 ([place name] Jerash); λόγῳ c. gen., by way of, Cod.Just.3.2.5. al.; κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μεγέθους if we take into account his size, Arist.HA 517b27; πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λ. Ep.Hebr.4.13
, cf. D.Chr.31.123.

3 measure, tale (cf. infr. 11.1), θάλασσα.. μετρέεται ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. ὁκοῖος πρόσθεν Heraclit.31
; ψυχῆς ἐστι λ. ἑαυτὸν αὔξων Id.115
; ἐς τούτου (sc. γήραος) λ. οὐ πολλοί τινες ἀπικνέονται to the point of old age, Hdt.3.99, cf.7.9.β; ὁ ξύμπας λ. the full tale, Th.7.56, cf. Ep.Phil.4.15; κοινῷ λ. νομίσαντα common measure, Pl.Lg. 746e; sum, total of expenditure, IG42(1).103.151 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὁ τῆς οὐσίας λ., = Lat. patrimonii modus, Cod.Just.1.5.12.20.

4 esteem, consideration, value put on a person or thing (cf. infr. VI. 2 d), οὗ πλείων λ. ἢ τῶν ἄλλων who is of more worth than all the rest, Heraclit.39; βροτῶν λ. οὐκ ἔσχεν οὐδέν' A.Pr. 233; οὐ σμικροῦ λ. S.OC 1163
: freq. in Hdt., Μαρδονίου λ. οὐδεὶς γίνεται 8.102
; τῶν ἦν ἐλάχιστος ἀπολλυμένων λ. 4.135
, cf. E.Fr.94; περὶ ἐμοῦ οὐδεὶς λ. Ar.Ra.87
; λόγου οὐδενὸς γίνεσθαι πρός τινος to be of no account, repute with.., Hdt.1.120, cf.4.138; λόγου ποιήσασθαί τινα make one of account, Id.1.33; ἐλαχίστου, πλείστου λ. εἶναι, to be highly, lowly esteemed, Id.1.143, 3.146; but also λόγον τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι, like Lat. rationem habere alicujus, make account of, set a value on, Democr.187, etc.: usu. in neg. statements, οὐδένα λ. ποιήσασθαί τινος Hdt.1.4
, cf. 13, Plb.21.14.9, etc.; λ. ἔχειν Hdt.1.62
, 115; λ. ἴσχειν περί τινος Pl.Ti. 87c
; λ. ἔχειν περὶ τοὺς ποιητάς Lycurg.107
; λ. ἔχειν τινός D.18.199
, Arist.EN 1102b32, Plu.Phil.18 (but also, have the reputation of.., v. infr. VI. 2 e); ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ποιήσασθαί τι Hdt.3.50
; ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ἀπώλοντο without regard, Id.9.70; ἐν σμικρῷ λ. εἶναι Pl.R. 550a
; ὑμεῖς οὔτ' ἐν λ. οὔτ' ἐν ἀριθμῷ Orac. ap. Sch.Theoc.14.48; ἐν ἀνδρῶν λ. [εἶναι] to be reckoned, count as a man, Hdt.3.120; ἐν ἰδιώτεω λόγῳ καὶ ἀτίμου reckoned as.., Eus.Mynd.Fr. 59; σεμνὸς εἰς ἀρετῆς λ. καὶ δόξης D.19.142
.

II relation, correspondence, proportion,

1 generally, ὑπερτερίης λ. relation (of gold to lead), Thgn.418 = 1164; πρὸς λόγον τοῦ σήματος A.Th. 519
; κατὰ λόγον προβαίνοντες τιμῶσι in inverse ratio, Hdt.1.134, cf. 7.36; κατὰ λ. τῆς ἀποφορῆς Id.2.109
; τἄλλα κατὰ λ. in like fashion, Hp.VM16, Prog.17: c. gen., κατὰ λ. τῶν πρόσθεν ib. 24; κατὰ λ. τῶν ἡμερῶν Ar. Nu. 619
; κατὰ λ. τῆς δυνάμεως X. Cyr.8.6.11
; ἐλάττω ἢ κατὰ λ. Arist. HA 508a2
, cf. PA 671a18; ἐκ ταύτης ἐγένετο ἐκείνη κατὰ λ. Id.Pol. 1257a31
; cf. εὔλογος: sts. with ὁ αὐτός added, κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. τῷ τείχεϊ in fashion like to.., Hdt.1.186; περὶ τῶν νόσων ὁ αὐτὸς λ. analogously, Pl.Tht. 158d, cf. Prm. 136b, al.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. similarly, Id.R. 353d; κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. in the same ratio, IG12.76.8; by parity of reasoning, Pl.Cra. 393c, R. 610a, al.; ἀνὰ λόγον τινός, τινί, Id.Ti. 29c, Alc.2.145d; τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν λ. πρὸς.. ὃν ἡ παιδεία πρὸς τὴν ἀρετήν is related to.. as.., Procl.in Euc.p.20 F., al.

2 Math., ratio, proportion (ὁ κατ' ἀνάλογον λ., λ. τῆς ἀναλογίας, Theo Sm.p.73 H.), Pythag. 2; ἰσότης λόγων Arist.EN 113a31
; λ. ἐστὶ δύο μεγεθῶν ἡ κατὰ πηλικότητα ποιὰ σχέσις Euc.5
Def.3; τῶν ἁρμονιῶν τοὺς λ. Arist.Metaph. 985b32
, cf. 1092b14; λόγοι ἀριθμῶν numerical ratios, Aristox.Harm.p.32 M.; τοὺς φθόγγους ἀναγκαῖον ἐν ἀριθμοῦ λ. λέγεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους to be expressed in numerical ratios, Euc.Sect.Can. Proëm.: in Metre, ratio between arsis and thesis, by which the rhythm is defined, Aristox.Harm.p.34 M.; ἐὰν ᾖ ἰσχυροτέρα τοῦ αἰσθητηρίου ἡ κίνησις, λύεται ὁ λ. Arist.de An. 424a31
; ἀνὰ λόγον analogically, Archyt.2; ἀνὰ λ. μερισθεῖσα [ἡ ψυχή] proportionally, Pl. Ti. 37a; so κατὰ λ. Men.319.6
; πρὸς λόγον in proportion, Plb.6.30.3, 9.15.3 (but πρὸς λόγον ἐπὶ στενὸν συνάγεται narrows uniformly, Sor. 1.9, cf. Diocl.Fr.171); ἐπὶ λόγον IG5(1).1428
([place name] Messene).

3 Gramm., analogy, rule, τῷ λ. τῶν μετοχικῶν, τῆς συγκοπῆς, by the rule of the participles, of syncope, Choerob. in Theod.1.75 Gaisf., 1.377 H.; εἰπέ μοι τὸν λ. τοῦ Αἴας Αἴαντος, τουτέστι τὸν κανόνα An.Ox. 4.328
.

III explanation,

1 plea, pretext, ground, ἐκ τίνος λ.; A.Ch. 515; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λ. S.Ph. 731
; ἀπὸ παντὸς λ. Id.OC 762
; χὠ λ. καλὸς προσῆν Id.Ph. 352
; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λ. Id.OT 657
(lyr., v.l. λόγων) ; ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. Antipho 5.59
; ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ λ. Hdt.6.124
; κατὰ τίνα λ.; on what ground? Pl.R. 366b; οὐδὲ πρὸς ἕνα λ. to no purpose, Id.Prt. 343d; ἐπὶ τίνι λ.; for what reason? X.HG2.2.19; τὸν λ. τοῦτον this ground of complaint, Aeschin.3.228; τίνι δικαίῳ λ.; what just cause is there? Pl.Grg. 512c; τίνι λ.; on what account? Act.Ap.10.29; κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἠνεσχόμην ὑμῶν reason would that.., ib.18.14; λ. ἔχειν, with personal subject, εἶχον ἄν τινα λ. I (i.e. my conduct) would have admitted of an explanation, Pl.Ap. 31b; τὸν ὀρθὸν λ. the true explanation, ib. 34b.

b plea, case, in Law or argument (cf. VIII. I), τὸν ἥττω λ. κρείττω ποιεῖν to make the weaker case prevail, ib. 18b, al., Arist.Rh. 1402a24, cf. Ar.Nu. 1042 (pl.); personified, ib. 886, al.; ἀμύνεις τῷ τῆς ἡδονῆς λ. Pl.Phlb. 38a
; ἀνοίσεις τοὺς λ. αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXXEx.18.19
; ἐχειν λ. πρός τινα to have a case, ground of action against.., Act.Ap.19.38.

2 statement of a theory, argument, οὐκ ἐμεῦ ἀλλὰ τοῦ λ. ἀκούσαντας prob. in Heraclit.50; λόγον ἠδὲ νόημα ἀμφὶς ἀληθείης discourse and reflection on reality, Parm.8.50; δηλοῖ οὗτος ὁ λ. ὅτι .. Democr.7; οὐκ ἔχει λόγον it is not arguable, i.e. reasonable, S.El. 466, Pl.Phd. 62d, etc.; ἔχει λ. D.44.32
; οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λ. E.Ba. 202
; δίκασον.. τὸν λ. ἀκούσας Pl.Lg. 696b
; personified, φησὶ οὗτος ὁ λ. ib. 714d, cf. Sph. 238b, Phlb. 50a; ὡς ὁ λ. (sc. λέγει) Arist.EN 1115b12; ὡς ὁ λ. ὁ ὀρθὸς λέγει ib. 1138b20, cf. 29; ὁ λ. θέλει προσβιβάζειν Phld.Rh.1.41
, cf.1.19 S.; οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἀκούσειε λόγου ἀποτρέποντος Arist.EN 1179b27
; λ. καθαίρων Aristo Stoic.1.88
; λόγου τυγχάνειν to be explained, Phld.Mus.p.77 K.; ὁ τὸν λ. μου ἀκούων my teaching, Ev.Jo.5.24; ὁ προφητικὸς λ., collect., of VT prophecy, 2 Ep.Pet.1.19: pl., ὁκόσων λόγους ἤκουσα Heraclit.108
; οὐκ ἐπίθετο τοῖς ἐμοῖς λ. Ar.Nu.73
; of arguments leading to a conclusion ([etym.] ὁ λ.), Pl. Cri. 46b; τὰ Ἀναξαγόρου βιβλία γέμει τούτων τῶν λ. Id.Ap. 26d
; λ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχάς, Arist.EN 1095a31; συλλογισμός ἐστι λ. ἐν ᾧ τεθέντων τινῶν κτλ. Id.APr. 24b18; λ. ἀντίτυπός τε καὶ ἄπορος, of a self-contradictory theory, Plot.6.8.7.

b ὁ περὶ θεῶν λ., title of a discourse by Protagoras, D.L.9.54; ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς λ., name of an argument, ib.23; ὁ αὐξόμενος λ. Plu.2.559b
; καταβάλλοντες (sc. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras, S.E.M.7.60; λ. σοφιστικοί Arist.SE 165a34
, al.; οἱ μαθηματικοὶ λ. Id.Rh. 1417a19
, etc.; οἱ ἐξωτερικοὶ λ., current outside the Lyceum, Id.Ph. 217b31, al.; Δισσοὶ λ., title of a philosophical treatise (= Dialex.); Λ. καὶ Λογίνα, name of play of Epicharmus, quibble, argument, personified, Ath.8.338d.

c in Logic, proposition, whether as premiss or conclusion, πρότασίς ἐστι λ. καταφατικὸς ἢ ἀποφατικός τινος κατά τινος Arist.APr. 24a16
.

d rule, principle, law, as embodying the result of λογισμός, Pi.O.2.22, P.1.35, N.4.31; πείθεσθαι τῷ λ. ὃς ἄν μοι λογιζομένῳ βέλτιστος φαίνηται Pl.Cri. 46b
, cf. c; ἡδονὰς τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λ. ἑπομένας obeying right principles, Id.Lg. 696c; προαιρέσεως [ἀρχὴ] ὄρεξις καὶ λ. ὁ ἕνεκά τινος principle directed to an end, Arist.EN 1139a32; of the final cause, ἀρχὴ ὁ λ. ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τέχνην καὶ ἐν τοῖς φύσει συνεστηκόσιν Id.PA 639b15
; ἀποδιδόασι τοὺς λ. καὶ τὰς αἰτίας οὗ ποιοῦσι ἑκάστου ib.18; [τέχνη] ἕξις μετὰ λ. ἀληθοῦς ποιητική Id.EN 1140a10
; ὀρθὸς λ. true principle, right rule, ib. 1144b27, 1147b3, al.; κατὰ λόγον by rule, consistently, ὁ κατὰ λ. ζῶν Pl.Lg. 689d
, cf. Ti. 89d; τὸ κατὰ λ. ζῆν, opp. κατὰ πάθος, Arist.EN 1169a5; κατὰ λ. προχωρεῖν according to plan, Plb.1.20.3.

3 law, rule of conduct, ᾧ μάλιστα διηνεκῶς ὁμιλοῦσι λόγῳ Heraclit.72
; πολλοὶ λόγον μὴ μαθόντες ζῶσι κατὰ λόγον Democr.53
; δεῖ ὑπάρχειν τὸν λ. τὸν καθόλου τοῖς ἄρχουσιν universal principle, Arist.Pol. 1286a17; ὁ νόμος.. λ. ὢν ἀπό τινος φρονήσεως καὶ νοῦ Id.EN 1180a21
; ὁ νόμος.. ἔμψυχος ὢν ἑαυτῷ λ. conscience, Plu. 2.780c; τὸν λ. πρόχειρον ἔχειν precept, Phld.Piet.30, cf. 102; ὁ προστακτικὸς τῶν ποιητέων ἢ μὴ λ. κοινός M.Ant.4.4
.

4 thesis, hypothesis, provisional ground, ὡς ἂν εἰ λέγοι λόγον maintain a thesis, Pl. Prt. 344b; ὑποθέμενος ἑκάστοτε λ. provisionally assuming a proposition, Id.Phd. 100a; τὸν τῆς ὁμοιότητος λ. hypothesis of equivalence, Arist.Cael. 296a20.

5 reason, ground, πάντων γινομένων κατὰ τὸν λ. τόνδε Heraclit.1
; οὕτω βαθὺν λ. ἔχει Id.45
; ἐκ λόγου, opp. μάτην, Leucipp. 2; μέγιστον σημεῖον οὗτος ὁ λ. Meliss.8
; [ἐμπειρία] οὐκ ἔχει λ. οὐδένα ὧν προσφέρει has no grounds for.., Pl.Grg. 465a; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης θείας Id.Sph. 265c
; ἡ μετα λόγου ἀληθὴς δόξα ([etym.] ἐπιστήμη) Id.Tht. 201c; λόγον ζητοῦσιν ὧν οὐκ ἔστι λ. proof, Arist. Metaph. 1011a12; οἱ ἁπάντων ζητοῦντες λ. ἀναιροῦσι λ. Thphr.Metaph. 26
.

6 formula (wider than definition, but freq. equivalent thereto), term expressing reason, λ. τῆς πολιτείας Pl.R. 497c
; ψυχῆς οὐσία τε καὶ λ. essential definition, Id.Phdr. 245e; ὁ τοῦ δικαίου λ. Id.R. 343a
; τὸν λ. τῆς οὐσίας ib. 534b, cf. Phd. 78d; τὰς πολλὰς ἐπιστήμας ἑνὶ λ. προσειπεῖν Id.Tht. 148d
; ὁ τῆς οἰκοδομήσεως λ. ἔχει τὸν τῆς οἰκίας Arist. PA 646b3
; τεθείη ἂν ἴδιον ὄνομα καθ' ἕκαστον τῶν λ. Id.Metaph. 1006b5
, cf. 1035b4; πᾶς ὁρισμὸς λ. τίς ἐστι Id.Top. 102a5
; ἐπὶ τῶν σχημάτων λ. κοινός generic definition, Id.de An. 414b23; ἀκριβέστατος λ. specific definition, Id.Pol. 1276b24; πηγῆς λ. ἔχον Ph.2.477
; τὸ ᾠὸν οὔτε ἀρχῆς ἔχει λ. fulfils the function of.., Plu.2.637d; λ. τῆς μίξεως formula, i. e. ratio (cf. supr. II) of combination, Arist.PA 642a22, cf. Metaph. 993a17.

7 reason, law exhibited in the world-process, κατὰ λόγον by law, κόσμῳ πάντα καὶ κατὰ λ. ἔχοντα Pl.R. 500c
; κατ τὸν < αὐτὸν αὖ> λ. by the same law, Epich.170.18; ψυχῆς τὸ πᾶν τόδε διοικούσης κατὰ λ. Plot.2.3.13
; esp. in Stoic Philos., the divine order, τὸν τοῦ παντὸς λ. ὃν ἔνιοι εἱμαρμένην καλοῦσιν Zeno Stoic.1.24
; τὸ ποιοῦν τὸν ἐν [τῇ ὕλῃ] λ. τὸν θεόν ibid., cf. 42; ὁ τοῦ κόσμου λ. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.264
; λόγος, = φύσει νόμος, Stoic.2.169; κατὰ τὸν κοινὸν θεοῖς καὶ ἀνθρώποις λ. M.Ant.7.53
; ὁ ὀρθὸς λ. διὰ πάντων ἐρχόμενος Chrysipp.Stoic.3.4
: so in Plot., τὴν φύσιν εἶναι λόγον, ὃς ποιεῖ λ. ἄλλον γέννημα αὑτοῦ 3.8.2
.

b σπερματικὸς λ. generative principle in organisms, ὁ θεὸς σπ. λ. τοῦ κόσμου Zeno Stoic.1.28
: usu. in pl., Stoic. 2.205,314,al.; γίνεται τὰ ἐν τῷ παντὶ οὐ κατὰ σπερματικούς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ λ. περιληπτικούς Plot.3.1.7
, cf.4.4.39: so without σπερματικός, ὥσπερ τινὲς λ. τῶν μερῶν Cleanth.Stoic.1.111
; οἱ λ. τῶν ὅλων Ph.1.9
.

c in Neo-Platonic Philos., of regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe, ὄντων μειζόνων λ. καὶ θεωρούντων αὑτοὺς ἐγὼ γεγέννημαι Plot.3.8.4
; οἱ ἐν σπέρματι λ. πλάττουσι.. τὰ ζῷα οἷον μικρούς τινας κόσμους Id.4.3.10
, cf.3.2.16,3.5.7; opp. ὅρος, Id.6.7.4; ἀφανεῖς λ. τῆς φύσεως Procl.
in R.1.18 K.; τεχνικοὶ λ. ib.142 K., al.

IV inward debate of the soul (cf. λ. ὃν αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτὴν ἡ ψυχὴ διεξέρχεται Pl.Tht. 189e
( διάλογος in Sph. 263e); ὁ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ὁ ἔσω λ. (opp. ὁ ἔξω λ.), Arist.APo. 76b25, 27; ὁ ἐνδιάθετος, opp. ὁ προφορικὸς λ., Stoic.2.43, Ph.2.154),

1 thinking, reasoning, τοῦ λ. ἐόντος ξυνοῦ, opp. ἰδία φρόνησις, Heraclit. 2; κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ.. ἔλεγχον test by reflection, Parm.1.36; reflection, deliberation (cf. VI.3), ἐδίδου λόγον ἑωυτῷ περὶ τῆς ὄψιος Hdt.1.209
, cf. 34, S.OT 583, D.45.7; μὴ εἰδέναι.. μήτε λόγῳ μήτε ἔργῳ neither by reasoning nor by experience, Anaxag.7; ἃ δὴ λόγῳ μὲν καὶ διανοίᾳ ληπτά, ὄψει δ' οὔ Pl.R. 529d
, cf. Prm. 135e; ὁ λ. ἢ ἡ αἴσθησις Arist.EN 1149a35
,al.; αὐτῷ μόνον τῷ λ. πιστεύειν (opp. αἰσθήσεις), of Parmenides and his school, Aristocl. ap. Eus.PE14.17: hence λόγῳ or τῷ λ. in idea, in thought, τῷ λ. τέμνειν Pl.R. 525e
; τῷ λ. δύο ἐστίν, ἀχώριστα πεφυκότα two in idea, though indistinguishable in fact, Arist. EN 1102a30, cf. GC 320b14, al.; λόγῳ θεωρητά mentally conceived, opp. sensibly perceived, Placit.1.3.5, cf. Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.20; τοὺς λ. θεωρητοὺς χρόνους Epicur.Ep.1p.19U.
; διὰ λόγου θ. χ. ib.p.10 U.; λόγῳ καταληπτός Phld.Po.5.20
, etc.; ὁ λ. οὕτω αἱρέει analogy proves, Hdt.2.33; ὁ λ. or λ. αἱρέει reasoning convinces, Id.3.45,6.124, cf. Pl.Cri. 48c (but, our argument shows, Lg. 663d): also c. acc. pers., χρᾶται ὅ τι μιν λ. αἱρέει as the whim took him, Hdt.1.132; ἢν μὴ ἡμέας λ. αἱρῇ unless we see fit, Id.4.127, cf. Pl.R. 607b; later ὁ αἱρῶν λ. ordaining reason, Zeno Stoic.1.50, M.Ant.2.5, cf. 4.24, Arr.Epict. 2.2.20, etc.: coupled or contrasted with other functions, καθ' ὕπνον ἐπειδὴ λόγου καὶ φρονήσεως οὐ μετεῖχε since reason and understanding are in abeyance, Pl.Ti. 71d; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης, opp. αἰτία αὐτομάτη, of Nature's processes of production, Id.Sph. 265c; τὸ μὲν δὴ νοήσει μετὰ λόγου περιληπτόν embraced by thought with reflection, opp. μετ' αἰσθήσεως ἀλόγου, Id.Ti. 28a; τὸ μὲν ἀεὶ μετ' ἀληθοῦς λ., opp. τὸ δὲ ἄλογον, ib. 51e, cf. 70d, al.; λ. ἔχων ἑπόμενον τῷ νοεῖν Id.Phlb. 62a
; ἐπιστήμη ἐνοῦσα καὶ ὀρθὸς λ. scientific knowledge and right process of thought, Id.Phd. 73a; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἐπιστήμη τῶν καθόλου Arist.Metaph. 1059b26
; τὸ λόγον ἔχον Id.EN 1102b15
, 1138b9, al.: in sg. and pl., contrasted by Pl. and Arist. as theory, abstract reasoning with outward experience, sts. with depreciatory emphasis on the former, εἰς τοὺς λ. καταφυγόντα Pl.Phd. 99e
; τὸν ἐν λόγοις σκοπούμενον τὰ ὄντα, opp. τὸν ἐν ἔργοις (realities), ib. 100a; τῇ αἰσθήσει μᾶλλον τῶν λ. πιστευτέον Arist.GA 760b31
; γνωριμώτερα κατὰ τὸν λ., opp. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν, Id.Ph. 189a4; ἐκ τῶν λ. δῆλον, opp. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς, Id.Mete. 378b20; ἡ τῶν λ. πίστις, opp. ἐκ τῶν ἔργων φανερόν, Id.Pol. 1326a29; ἡ πίστις οὐ μόνον ἐπὶ τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ λ. Id.Ph. 262a19
; μαρτυρεῖ τὰ γιγνόμενα τοῖς λ. Id.Pol. 1334a6
; ὁ μὲν λ. τοῦ καθόλου, ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τοῦ κατὰ μέρος explanation, opp. perception, Id.Ph. 189a7; ἔσονται τοῖς λ. αἱ πράξεις ἀκόλουθοι theory, opp. practice, Epicur.Sent.25; in Logic, of discursive reasoning, opp. intuition, Arist.EN 1142a26, 1143b1; reasoning in general, ib. 1149a26; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἀπόδειξις all reasoning and demonstration, Id.Metaph. 1063b10; λ. καὶ φρόνησιν Phld.Mus.p.105
K.; ὁ λ. ἢ λογισμός ibid.; τὸ ἰδεῖν οὐκέτι λ., ἀλλὰ μεῖζον λόγου καὶ πρὸ λόγου, of mystical vision, opp. reasoning, Plot.6.9.10.—Phrases, κατὰ λ. τὸν εἰκότα by probable reasoning, Pl.Ti. 30b; οὔκουν τόν γ' εἰκότα λ. ἂν ἔχοι Id.Lg. 647d
; παρὰ λόγον, opp. κατὰ λ., Arist.Rh.Al. 1429a29, cf. EN 1167b19; cf. παράλογος (but παρὰ λ. unexpectedly, E.Ba. 940).

2 reason as a faculty, ὁ λ. ἀνθρώπους κυβερνᾷ [Epich.] 256; [θυμοειδὲς] τοῦ λ. κατήκοον Pl.Ti. 70a
; [θυμὸς] ὑπὸ τοῦ λ. ἀνακληθείς Id.R. 440d
; σύμμαχον τῷ λ. τὸν θυμόν ib. b; πειθαρχεῖ τῷ λ. τὸ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦς Arist. EN 1102b26
; ἄλλο τι παρὰ τὸν λ. πεφυκός, ὃ μάχεται τῷ λ. ib.17; ἐναντίωσις λόγου πρὸς ἐπιθυμίας Plot.4.7.13(8)
; οὐ θυμός, οὐκ ἐπιθυμία, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδέ τις νόησις Id.6.9.11
: freq. in Stoic. Philos. of human Reason, opp. φαντασία, Zeno Stoic.1.39; opp. φύσις, Stoic.2.206; οὐ σοφία οὐδὲ λ. ἐστὶν ἐν [τοῖς ζῴοις] ibid.; τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζῴοις ὡς λ. ἔχων λ. μὴ ἔχουσι χρῶ M.Ant.6.23
; ὁ λ. κοινὸν πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Arr.Epict. 1.3.3
; οἷον [εἰκὼν] λ. ὁ ἐν προφορᾷ λόγου τοῦ ἐν ψυχῇ, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὴ λ. νοῦ Plot.5.1.3
; τὸ τὸν λ. σχεῖν τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετήν (sc. εὐδαιμονίαν) Procl.in Ti.3.334 D.; also of the reason which pervades the universe, θεῖος λ. [Epich.] 257; τὸν θεῖον λ. καθ' Ἡράκλειτον δι' ἀναπνοῆς σπάσαντες νοεροὶ γινόμεθα S.E.M.7.129
(cf. infr. x).

b creative reason, ἀδύνατον ἦν λόγον μὴ οὐκ ἐπὶ πάντα ἐλθεῖν Plot.3.2.14
; ἀρχὴ οὖν λ. καὶ πάντα λ. καὶ τὰ γινόμενα κατ' αὐτόν Id.3.2.15
; οἱ λ. πάντες ψυχαί Id.3.2.18
.

V continuous statement, narrative (whether fact or fiction), oration, etc. (cf. λέγω (B) 11.2),

1 fable, Hdt.1.141; Αἰσώπου λόγοι Pl.Phd. 60d
, cf. Arist.Rh. 1393b8; ὁ τοῦ κυνὸς λ. X.Mem. 2.7.13
.

2 legend, ἱρὸς λ. Hdt.2.62
, cf. 47, Pi.P.3.80 (pl.); συνθέντες λ. E.Ba. 297
; λ. θεῖος Pl.Phd. 85d
; ἱεροὶ λ., of Orphic rhapsodies, Suid. S.V. Ὀρφεύς.

3 tale, story, ἄλλον ἔπειμι λ. Xenoph. 7.1
, cf. Th.1.97, etc.; συνθέτους λ. A.Pr. 686
; σπουδὴν λόγου urgent tidings, E.Ba. 663; ἄλλος λ. 'another story', Pl.Ap. 34e; ὁμολογούμενος ὁ λ. ἐστίν the story is consistent, Isoc.3.27: pl., histories, ἐν τοῖσι Ἀσσυρίοισι λ. Hdt.1.184
, cf. 106, 2.99; so in sg., a historical work, Id.2.123, 6.19,7.152: also in sg., one section of such a work (like later βίβλος), Id.2.38,6.39, cf. VI.3d; so in pl., ἐν τοῖσι Λιβυκοῖσι λ. Id.2.161
, cf. 1.75,5.22,7.93, 213; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν λ. Id.5.36
; ὁ πρῶτος λ., of St. Luke's gospel, Act.Ap.1.1: in Pl., opp. μῦθος, as history to legend, Ti. 26e; ποιεῖν μύθους ἀλλ' οὐ λόγους Phd. 61b
, cf. Grg. 523a (but μῦθον λέγειν, opp. λόγῳ ( argument) διεξελθεῖν Prt. 320c
, cf. 324d); περὶ λόγων καὶ μύθων Arist.Pol. 1336a30
; ὁ λ... μῦθός ἐστι Ael.NA4.34
.

4 speech, delivered in court, assembly, etc., χρήσομαι τῇ τοῦ λ. τάξει ταύτῃ Aeschin.3.57
, cf. Arist.Rh. 1358a38; δικανικοὶ λ. Id.EN 1181a4
; τρία γένη τῶν λ. τῶν ῥητορικῶν, συμβουλευτικόν, δικανικόν, ἐπιδεικτικόν Id.Rh. 1358b7
; τῷ γράψαντι τὸν λ. Thphr. Char.17.8
, cf. λογογράφος 11
; ἐπιτάφιος λ. funeral oration, Pl.Mx. 236b; esp. of the body of a speech, opp. ἐπίλογος, Arist.Rh. 1420b3; opp. προοίμιον, ib. 1415a12; body of a law, opp. proem, Pl.Lg. 723b; spoken, opp. written word, τὸν τοῦ εἰδότος λ. ζῶντα καὶ ἔμψυχον οὗ ὁ γεγραμμένος εἴδωλόν τι Id.Phdr. 276a
; ὁ ἐκ τοῦ βιβλίου ῥηθεὶς [λ.] speech read from a roll, ib. 243c; published speech, D.C.40.54; rarely of the speeches in Tragedy ([etym.] ῥήσεις), Arist.Po. 1450b6,9.

VI verbal expression or utterance (cf. λέγω (B) 111), rarely a single word, v. infr. b, never in Gramm. signf. of vocable ([etym.] ἔπος, λέξις, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), usu. of a phrase, cf. IX. 3 (the only sense found in [dialect] Ep.).

a pl., without Art., talk, τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις Il.15.393
; αἱμύλιοι λ. Od.1.56
, h.Merc. 317, Hes.Th. 890, Op.78, 789, Thgn.704, A.R.3.1141; ψευδεῖς Λ., personified, Hes.Th. 229; ἀφροδίσιοι λ. Semon.7.91
; ἀγανοῖσι λ. Pi.P. 4.101
; ὄψον δὲ λ. φθονεροῖσιν tales, Id.N.8.21; σμικροὶ λ. brief words, S.Aj. 1268 (s.v.l.), El. 415; δόκησις ἀγνὼς λόγων bred of talk, Id.OT 681 (lyr.): also in sg., λέγ' εἴ σοι τῷ λ. τις ἡδονή speak if thou delightest in talking, Id.El. 891.

b sg., expression, phrase, πρὶν εἰπεῖν ἐσθλὸν ἢ κακὸν λ. Id.Ant. 1245
, cf. E.Hipp. 514; μυρίας ὡς εἰπεῖν λόγῳ Hdt.2.37
; μακρὸς λ. rigmarole, Simon.189, Arist.Metaph. 1091a8; λ. ἠρέμα λεχθεὶς διέθηκε τὸ πόρρω a whispered message, Plot.4.9.3; ἑνὶ λόγῳ to sum up, in brief phrase, Pl.Phdr. 241e, Phd. 65d; concisely, Arist. EN 1103b21 (but also, = ἁπλῶς, περὶ πάντων ἑνὶ λ. Id.GC 325a1): pl., λ. θελκτήριοι magic words, E.Hipp. 478; rarely of single words, λ. εὐσύνθετος οἷον τὸ χρονοτριβεῖν Arist.Rh. 1406a36
; οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λ. answered her not a word, Ev.Matt.15.23.

c coupled or contrasted with words expressed or understood signifying act, fact, truth, etc., mostly in a depreciatory sense, λ. ἔργου σκιή Democr. 145
; ὥσπερ μικρὸν παῖδα λόγοις μ' ἀπατᾷς Thgn.254
; λόγῳ, opp. ἔργῳ, Democr.82, etc.; νηπίοισι οὐ λ. ἀλλὰ ξυμφορὴ διδάσκαλος Id.76
; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι A.Pr. 338
, cf. S.El.59, OC 782; λόγῳ μὲν λέγουσι.. ἔργῳ δὲ οὐκ ἀποδεικνῦσι Hdt.4.8
; οὐ λόγων, φασίν, ἡ ἀγορὴ δεῖται, χαλκῶν δέ Herod.7.49
; οὔτε λ. οὔτε ἔργῳ Lys.9.14
; λόγοις, opp. ψήφῳ, Aeschin.2.33; opp. νόῳ, Hdt.2.100; οὐ λόγῳ μαθών E.Heracl.5
; ἐκ λόγων, κούφου πράγματος Pl.Lg. 935a
; λόγοισι εἰς τὸ πιθανὸν περιπεπεμμένα ib. 886e, cf. Luc.Anach.19; ἵνα μὴ λ. οἴησθε εἶναι, ἀλλ' εἰδῆτε τὴν ἀλήθειαν Lycurg.23
, cf. D.30.34; opp. πρᾶγμα, Arist.Top. 146a4; opp. βία, Id.EN 1179b29, cf. 1180a5; opp. ὄντα, Pl.Phd. 100a; opp. γνῶσις, 2 Ep.Cor.11.6; λόγῳ in pretence, Hdt.1.205, Pl.R. 361b, 376d, Ti. 27a, al.; λόγου ἕνεκα merely as a matter of words, ἄλλως ἕνεκα λ. ἐλέγετο Id.Cri. 46d
; λόγου χάριν, opp. ὡς ἀληθῶς, Arist.Pol. 1280b8; but also, let us say, for instance, Id.EN 1144a33, Plb.10.46.4, Phld. Sign.29, M.Ant.4.32; λόγου ἕνεκα let us suppose, Pl.Tht. 191c; ἕως λόγου, μέχρι λ., = Lat. verbo tenus, Plb.10.24.7, Epict.Ench.16: sts. without depreciatory force, the antithesis or parallelism being verbal (cf. 'word and deed'), λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει S.OC68
; ἔν τε ἔργῳ καὶ λ. Pl.R. 382e
, cf. D.S.13.101, Ev.Luc.24.19, Act.Ap.7.22, Paus.2.16.2; ὅσα μὲν λόγῳ εἶπον, opp. τὰ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων, Th. 1.22.

2 common talk, report, tradition, ὡς λ. ἐν θνητοῖσιν ἔην Batr. 8
; λ. ἐκ πατέρων Alc.71
; οὐκ ἔστ' ἔτυμος λ. οὗτος Stesich.32
; διξὸς λέγεται λ. Hdt.3.32
; λ. ὑπ' Αἰγυπτίων λεγόμενος Id.2.47
; νέον [λ.] tidings, S.Ant. 1289 (lyr.); τὰ μὲν αὐτοὶ ὡρῶμεν, τὰ δὲ λόγοισι ἐπυνθανόμεθα by hearsay, Hdt.2.148: also in pl., ἐν γράμμασιν λόγοι κείμενοι traditions, Pl.Lg. 886b.

b rumour, ἐπὶ παντὶ λ. ἐπτοῆσθαι Heraclit. 87
; αὐδάεις λ. voice of rumour, B.14.44; περὶ θεῶν διῆλθεν ὁ λ. ὅτι .. Th.6.46; λ. παρεῖχεν ὡς .. Plb.3.89.3; ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λ. οὗτος εῖς τινας ὅτι .. Ev.Jo.21.23, cf. Act.Ap.11.22; fiction, Ev.Matt.28.15.

c mention, notice, description, οὐκ ὕει λόγου ἄξιον οὐδέν worth mentioning, Hdt.4.28, cf. Plb.1.24.8, etc.; ἔργα λόγου μέζω beyond expression, Hdt.2.35; κρεῖσσον λόγου τὸ εἶδος τῆς νόσου beyond description, Th. 2.50; μείζω ἔργα ἢ ὡς τῷ λ. τις ἂν εἴποι D.6.11
.

d the talk one occasions, repute, mostly in good sense, good report, praise, honour (cf. supr. 1.4), πολλὰ φέρειν εἴωθε λ... πταίσματα Thgn.1221
; λ. ἐσλὸν ἀκοῦσαι Pi.I.5(4).13
; πλέονα.. λ. Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν Id.N.7.21
; ἵνα λ. σε ἔχῃ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἀγαθός Hdt.7.5
, cf. 9.78; Τροίαν.. ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λ. whose fame, story fills the world, E.IT 517; οὐκ ἂν ἦν λ. σέθεν Id.Med. 541
: less freq. in bad sense, evil report, λ. κακόθρους, κακός, S. Aj. 138 (anap.), E.Heracl. 165: pl., λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων slanders, S.Aj. 148 (anap.).

e λ. ἐστί, ἔχει, κατέχει, the story goes, c. acc. et inf., ἔστ τις λ. τὰν Ἀρετὰν ναίειν Simon.58.1
, cf. S.El. 417; λ. μὲν ἔστ' ἀρχαῖος ὡς .. Id.Tr.1; λ. alone, E.Heracl.35; ὡς λ. A.Supp. 230
, Pl. Phlb. 65c, etc.; λ. ἐστί Hdt.7.129
,9.26, al.; λ. αἰὲν ἔχει S.OC 1573
(lyr.); ὅσον ὁ λ. κατέχει tradition prevails, Th.1.10: also with a personal subject in the reverse construction. Κλεισθένης λ. ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι has the credit of.., Hdt.5.66, cf. Pl.Epin. 987b, 988b; λ. ἔχοντα σοφίας Ep.Col.2.23
, v.supr.1.4.

3 discussion, debate, deliberation, πολλὸς ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λ. Hdt.8.59
; συνελέχθησαν οἱ Μῆδοι ἐς τὠυτὸ καὶ ἐδίδοσαν σφίσι λόγον, λέγοντες περὶ τῶν κατηκόντων Id.1.97
; οἱ Πελασγοὶ ἑωυτοῖσι λόγους ἐδίδοσαν Id.6.138
; πολέμῳ μᾶλλον ἢ λόγοις τὰ ἐγκλήματα διαλύεσθαι Th.1.140
; οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης λ. Aeschin.2.74
; τοῖς ἔξωθεν λ. πεπλήρωκε τὸν λ. [Plato] has filled his dialogue with extraneous discussions, Arist.Pol. 1264b39; τὸ μῆκος τῶν λ. D.Chr.7.131
; μεταβαίνων ὁ λ. εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀφῖκται our debate, Arist.EN 1097a24; ὁ παρὼν λ. ib. 1104a11; θεῶν ὧν νῦν ὁ λ. ἐστί discussion, Pl.Ap. 26b, cf. Tht. 184a, M.Ant.8.32; τῷ λ. διελθεῖν, διϊέναι, Pl.Prt. 329c, Grg. 506a, etc.; τὸν λ. διεξελθεῖν conduct the debate, Id.Lg. 893a; ξυνελθεῖν ἐς λόγον confer, Ar.Eq. 1300: freq. in pl., ἐς λόγους συνελθόντες parley, Hdt. 1.82; ἐς λ. ἐλθεῖν τινι have speech with, ib.86; ἐς λ. ἀπικέσθαι τινί Id.2.32
; διὰ λόγων ἰέναι E.Tr. 916
; ἐμαυτῇ διὰ λ. ἀφικόμην Id.Med. 872
; ἐς λ. ἄγειν τινά X.HG4.1.2
; κοινωνεῖν λόγων καὶ διανοίας Arist.EN 1170b12
.

b right of discussion or speech, ἢ 'πὶ τῷ πλήθει λ.; S.OC 66; λ. αἰτήσασθαι ask leave to speak, Th.3.53; λ. διδόναι X.HG5.2.20
; οὐ προυτέθη σφίσιν λ. κατὰ τὸν νόμον ib.1.7.5; λόγου τυχεῖν D.18.13
, cf. Arist.EN 1095b21, Plb.18.52.1; οἱ λόγου τοὺς δούλους ἀποστεροῦντες Arist.Pol. 1260b5
; δοῦλος πέφυκας, οὐ μέτεστί σοι λόγου Trag.Adesp.304
; διδόντας λ. καὶ δεχομένους ἐν τῷ μέρει Luc.Pisc.8
: hence, time allowed for a speech, ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ λ. And.1.26
,al.; ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λ. Pl.Ap. 34a
; οὐκ ἐλάττω λ. ἀνήλωκε D.18.9
.

c dialogue, as a form of philosophical debate, ἵνα μὴ μαχώμεθα ἐν τοῖς λ. ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ Pl. Cra. 430d
; πρὸς ἀλλήλους τοὺς λ. ποιεῖσθαι Id.Prt. 348a
: hence, dialogue as a form of literature, οἱ Σωκρατικοὶ λ. Arist.Po. 1447b11
, Rh. 1417a20; cf. διάλογος.

d section, division of a dialogue or treatise (cf. v. 3), ὁ πρῶτος λ. Pl.Prm. 127d
; ὁ πρόσθεν, ὁ παρελθὼν λ., Id.Phlb. 18e, 19b; ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις λ. Arist.PA 682a3
; ἐν τοῖς περὶ κινήσεως λ. in the discussion of motion (i. e. Ph.bk.8), Id.GC 318a4; ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐπαίνου λ. Phld.Rh.1.219
; branch, department, division of a system of philosophy, τὴν φρόνησιν ἐκ τριῶν συνεστηκέναι λ., τῶν φυσικῶν καὶ τῶν ἠθικῶν καὶ τῶν λογικῶν Chrysipp.Stoic.2.258
.

e in pl., literature, letters, Pl.Ax. 365b, Epin. 975d, D.H.Comp.1,21 (but, also in pl., treatises, Plu.2.16c); οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδοκιμώτατοι Hdn.6.1.4
; Λόγοι, personified, AP9.171 (Pall.).

VII a particular utterance, saying:

1 divine utterance, oracle, Pi.P.4.59; λ. μαντικοί Pl. Phdr. 275b
; οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν ἐρῶ τὸν λ. Pl.Ap. 20e
; ὁ λ. τοῦ θεοῦ Apoc.1.2
,9.

2 proverb, maxim, saying, Pi.N.9.6, A.Th. 218; ὧδ' ἔχει λ. ib. 225; τόνδ' ἐκαίνισεν λ. ὡς .. Critias 21, cf. Pl.R. 330a, Ev.Jo.4.37; ὁ παλαιὸς λ. Pl.Phdr. 240c
, cf. Smp. 195b, Grg. 499c, Lg. 757a, 1 Ep.Ti.1.15, Plu.2.1082e, Luc.Alex.9, etc.; τὸ τοῦ λόγου δὴ τοῦτο Herod.2.45
, cf. D.Chr.66.24, Luc.JTr.3, Alciphr.3.56, etc.: pl., Arist.EN 1147a21.

3 assertion, opp. oath, S.OC 651; ψιλῷ λ. bare word, opp. μαρτυρία, D.27.54.

4 express resolution, κοινῷ λ. by common consent, Hdt.1.141,al.; ἐπὶ λ. τοιῷδε, ἐπ' ᾧ τε .. on the following terms, Id.7.158, cf. 9.26; ἐνδέξασθαι τὸν λ. Id.1.60
, cf. 9.5; λ. ἔχοντες πλεονέκτην a greedy proposal, Id.7.158: freq. in pl., terms, conditions, Id.9.33, etc.

5 word of command, behest, A.Pr.17,40 (both pl.), Pers. 363; ἀνθρώπους πιθανωτέρους ποιεῖν λόγῳ X.Oec.13.9
; ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ Ev.Matt.8.16
; οἱ δέκα λ. the ten Commandments, LXX Ex.34.28, Ph.1.496.

VIII thing spoken of, subject-matter (cf. 111.1 b and 2), λ. τοῦτον ἐάσομεν Thgn.1055
; προπεπυσμένος πάντα λ. the whole matter, Hdt.1.21, cf. 111; τὸν ἐόντα λ. the truth of the matter, ib.95, 116; μετασχεῖν τοῦ λ. to be in the secret, ib. 127; μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ τὸν λ. τοῦτον εῐπῃς Id.8.65
; τίς ἦν λ.; S.OT 684 ( = πρᾶγμα, 699); περί τινος λ. διελεγόμεθα subject, question, Pl.Prt. 314c; [τὸ προοίμιον] δεῖγμα τοῦ λ. case, Arist.Rh. 1415a12, cf. 111.1b; τέλος δὲ παντὸς τοῦ λ. ψηφίζονται the end of the matter was that.., Aeschin.3.124; οὐκ ἔστεξε τὸν λ. Plb.8.12.5
; οὐκ ἔστι σοι μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ Act.Ap.8.21
; ἱκανὸς αὐτῷ ὁ λ. Pl.Grg. 512c
; οὐχ ὑπολείπει [Γοργίαν] ὁ λ. matter for talk, Arist.Rh. 1418a35; μηδένα λ. ὑπολιπεῖν Isoc.4.146
; πρὸς λόγον to the point, apposite, οὐδὲν πρὸς λ. Pl.Phlb. 42e
, cf. Prt. 344a; ἐὰν πρὸς λ. τι ᾖ Id.Phlb. 33c
; also πρὸς λόγου Id.Grg. 459c
(s. v.l.).

2 plot of a narrative or dramatic poem, = μῦθος, Arist.Po. 1455b17, al.

b in Art, subject of a painting, ζωγραφίας λόγοι Philostr.VA 6.10
; λ. τῆς γραφῆς Id.Im.1.25
.

3 thing talked of, event, μετὰ τοὺς λ. τούτους LXX 1 Ma.7.33
, cf. Act.Ap.15.6.

IX expression, utterance, speech regarded formally, τὸ ἀπὸ [ψυχῆς] ῥεῦμα διὰ τοῦ στόματος ἰὸν μετὰ φθόγγου λ., opp. διάνοια, Pl.Sph. 263e; intelligent utterance, opp. φωνή, Arist.Pol. 1253a14; λ. ἐστὶ φωνὴ σημαντικὴ κατὰ συνθήκην Id.Int. 16b26
, cf. Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.213; ὅθεν (from the heart) ὁ λ. ἀναπέμπεται Stoic.2.228
, cf. 244; Protagoras was nicknamed λόγος, Hsch. ap. Sch.Pl.R. 600c, Suid.; λόγου πειθοῖ Democr.181
: in pl., eloquence, Isoc.3.3,9.11; τὴν ἐν λόγοις εὐρυθμίαν Epicur.Sent.Pal.5p.69
v. d. M.; λ. ἀκριβής precise language, Ar.Nu. 130 (pl.), cf. Arist.Rh. 1418b1; τοῦ μὴ ᾀδομένου λ. Pl.R. 398d
; ἡδυσμένος λ., of rhythmical language set to music, Arist.Po. 1449b25; ἐν παντὶ λ. in all manner of utterance, 1 Ep.Cor.1.5; ἐν λόγοις in orations, Arist.Po. 1459a13; λ. γελοῖοι, ἀσχήμονες, ludicrous, improper speech, Id.SE 182b15, Pol. 1336b14.

2 of various modes of expression, esp. artistic and literary, ἔν τε ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις Pl.Lg. 664a
; ἐν λόγῳ καὶ ἐν ᾠδαῖς X.Cyr.1.4.25
, cf. Pl.Lg. 835b; prose, opp. ποίησις, Id.R. 390a; opp. ψιλομετρία, Arist.Po. 1448a11; opp. ἔμμετρα, ib. 1450b15 (pl.); τῷ λ. τοῦτο τῶν μέτρων (sc. τὸ ἰαμβεῖον) ὁμοιότατον εἶναι Id.Rh. 1404a31
; in full, ψιλοὶ λ. prose, ib. b33 (but ψιλοὶ λ., = arguments without diagrams, Pl.Tht. 165a); λ. πεζοί, opp. ποιητική, D.H.Comp.6; opp. ποιήματα, ib.15; κοινὰ καὶ ποιημάτων καὶ λόγων Phld.Po.5.7
; πεζὸς λ. ib.27, al.

b of the constituents of lyric or dramatic poetry, words, τὸ μέλος ἐκ τριῶν.. λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ Pl.R. 398d
; opp. πρᾶξις, Arist.Po. 1454a18; dramatic dialogue, opp. τὰ τοῦ χοροῦ, ib. 1449a17.

3 Gramm., phrase, complex term, opp. ὄνομα, Id.SE 165a13; λ. ὀνοματώδης noun- phrase, Id.APo. 93b30, cf. Rh. 1407b27; expression, D.H.Th.2, Demetr.Eloc.92.

b sentence, complete statement, "ἄνθρωπος μανθάνει λόγον εἶναί φῃς.. ἐλάχιστόν τε καὶ πρῶτον Pl.Sph. 262c
; λ. αὐτοτελής A.D.Synt.3.6
, D.T.634.1; ῥηθῆναι λόγῳ to be expressed in a sentence, Pl.Tht. 202b; λ. ἔχειν to be capable of being so expressed, ib. 201e, cf. Arist.Rh. 1404b26.

c language, τὰ τοῦ λ. μέρη parts of speech, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.31, S.E.M.9.350, etc.; τὰ μόρια τοῦ λ. D.H.Comp.6
; μέρος λ. D.T.633.26
, A.D.Pron.4.6, al. (but ἓν μέρος <τοῦ cod.> λόγου one word, Id.Synt.340.10, cf. 334.22); περὶ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ λ., title of work by Chrysippus.

X the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government, ὁ παντοδύναμός σου λ. LXX Wi.18.15
; ὁ ἐκ νοὸς φωτεινὸς λ. υἱὸς θεοῦ Corp.Herm.1.6
, cf. Plu.2.376c; λ. θεοῦ δι' οὗ κατεσκευάσθη [ὁ κόσμος] Ph.1.162; τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ σοφίας· ἡ δέ ἐστιν ὁ θεοῦ λ. ib.56; λ. θεῖος.. εἰκὼν θεοῦ ib. 561, cf. 501; τὸν τομέα τῶν συμπάντων [θεοῦ] λ. ib. 492; τὸν ἄγγελον ὅς ἐστι λ. ib. 122: in NT identified with the person of Christ, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λ. Ev.Jo.1.1
, cf. 14, 1 Ep.Jo.2.7, Apoc.19.13; ὁ λ. τῆς ζωῆς 1 Ep.Jo.1.1
.

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