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  • 1 Reduce

    v. trans.
    Lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν, μειοῦν (Xen.).
    Cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.
    Subdue, put down: P. and V. καταστρέφεσθαι, κατεργάζεσθαι, καθαιρεῖν.
    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.
    Reduce to a state: P. and V. καθιστάναι (εἰς, acc.), P. κατάγειν (εἰς, acc.).
    I was reduced to the depths of despair: P. εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην (Lys. 120). You see
    how I am reduced by sickness: P. ὁρᾶτε δὴ ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου (Thuc. 7, 77).
    Reduce ( in bulk): P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plat.).
    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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