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1 Body
subs.Trunk: P. and V. κύτος, τό (Plat.).In a body: P. and V. ἁθρόοι.Exercise of the body: P. σωμασκία, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Body
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2 State
subs.Good state: P. and V. εὐεξία, ἡ (Eur., frag.).Bad state: P. καχεξία, ἡ.Plight: V. πρᾶξις, ἡ; see Plight.Which of us are going to a better state ( life or death) in unknown: P. ὁπότεροι ἡμῶν ἔρχονται ἐπὶ ἄμεινον πρᾶγμα ἄδηλον (Plat., Ap. 42A).Such being the state of things: P. and V. οὕτως ἐχόντων.State of mind, feeling: P. πάθος, τό, πάθημα, τό.Pomp: P. and V. σχῆμα, τό, πρόσχημα, τό, χλιδή, ἡ (Plat.).Enter the service of the state: P. πρὸς τὰ κοινὰ προσέρχεσθαι (Dem. 312).State affairs: P. and V. τὰ πράγματα, P. τὰ πολιτικά, τὰ κοινά.Paid by the state, adj.: P. δημοτελής.State secret: Ar. and P. ἀπόρρητον, τό.——————v. trans.——————adj.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > State
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