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1 reduce
[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) μειώνω, ελαττώνω2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) αδυνατίζω3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) φέρνω, (παθητ.) καταντώ•- reduction -
2 Reduce
v. trans.Lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν, μειοῦν (Xen.).Cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.Reduce by warfare: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).Reduce by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (absol.).Reduce by hunger: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν λιμῷ (Thuc. 1, 134).Get into one's power: P. and V. χειροῦσθαι, ὑποχείριον λαμβάνειν, P. ὑφʼ ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖσθαι, V. χείριον λαμβάνειν (Eur., Cycl.).Reduee to order: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν.I was reduced to the depths of despair: P. εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην (Lys. 120). You seehow I am reduced by sickness: P. ὁρᾶτε δὴ ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου (Thuc. 7, 77).When the suffering was reduced: V. ὅτε... ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων (Soph., O.C. 437).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reduce
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3 dilute
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4 extravagance
noun His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.) σπατάλη,υπερβολή -
5 lapse
[læps] 1. verb1) (to cease to exist, often because of lack of effort: His insurance policy had lapsed and was not renewed.) εκπνέω2) (to slip, fall, be reduced: As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed.) πέφτω2. noun1) (a mistake or failure (in behaviour, memory etc): a lapse of memory.) λάθος, ολίσθημα, παραδρομή2) (a passing away (of time): I saw him again after a lapse of five years.) πάροδος -
6 Ashes
subs.P. and V. τέφρα, ἡ (Eur., Cycl. 641), V. σποδός, ἡ.Ashes of the dead: V. σποδός, ἡ.He was redneed to ashcs: V. ἐφεψαλώθη (aor. of φεψαλοῦσθαι) (Æsch., P.V. 362).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Ashes
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7 Relapse
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Relapse
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8 Shadow
subs.P. and V. σκιά, ἡ.met., of one reduced to a shadow: V. σκιά, ἡ, εἴδωλον, τό.We old men are nought but sound and shape and creep about like shadows of a dream: V. γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ψόφος καὶ σχῆμʼ· ὀνείρων δʼ ἕρπομεν μιμήματα (Eur., frag.).Jot, tittle: see jot. Fight with shadows, v.: P. σκιαμαχεῖν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Shadow
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9 Supernumerary
adj.P. and V. περισσός.As subs. supercargo: P. περίνεως, ὁ, ἐπιβάτης, ὁ.Supernumeraries: P. οἱ προσγιγνόμενοι.You have been reduced to the position of servants and supernumeraries: P. ἐν ὑπηρέτου καὶ προσθήκης μέρει γεγένησθε (Dem. 37).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Supernumerary
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reduced — I adjective attenuated, brief, contracted, cut, decreased, deficient, depressed, diluted, diminished, inferior, less, lesser, lowered, minimal, minor, nominal, shorter, slashed, smaller, thinned associated concepts: reduced charge, reduced… … Law dictionary
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