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  • 1 champion

    [' æmpiən] 1. noun
    1) (in games, competitions etc, a competitor who has defeated all others: this year's golf champion; ( also adjective) a champion boxer.) πρωταθλητής
    2) (a person who defends a cause: a champion of human rights.) υπέρμαχος, υπερασπιστής
    2. verb
    (to defend or support: He championed the cause of human rights for many years.)

    English-Greek dictionary > champion

  • 2 worthy

    [-ði]
    1) (good and deserving: I willingly give money to a worthy cause.) άξιος
    2) ((with of) deserving: She was not worthy of the honour given to her.) που αξίζει
    3) ((with of) typical of, suited to, or in keeping with: a performance worthy of a champion.) αντάξιος
    4) (of great enough importance etc: She was not thought worthy to be presented to the king.) άξιος

    English-Greek dictionary > worthy

  • 3 Represent

    v. trans.
    Portray: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, P. παραδεικνύναι.
    Represent in a bad light: P. κακῶς εἰκάζειν περί (gen.) (Plat., Rep. 377E).
    Represent as: P. κατασκευάζειν, Ar. and P. ἀποφαίνειν.
    He will represent us as drunkards and brawlers: P, ἡμᾶς... παροίνους μέν τινας καὶ ὑβριστὰς κατασκευάσει (Dem. 1261).
    He tried to represent that I was the cause of what occurred in Euboea: P. τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων... ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι κατεσκεύαζε (Dem. 550).
    He has represented the rowers one and all as bowmen: P. τοξότας γὰρ πάντας πεποίηκε τοὺς προσκώπους (Thuc. 1, 10; cf. Eur., Tro. 981).
    Imitate: P. and V. μιμεῖσθαι, ἐκμιμεῖσθαι (Xen. also Ar.).
    Represent by imitation: P. ἀπομιμεῖσθαι.
    Represent ( a character): P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.
    Represent Antigone: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι.
    When he represented the sorrows of Thyestes: P. ὅτε μὲν τὰ Θυέστου... κακὰ ἠγωνίζετο (Dem. 449).
    It is the special privilege of third-rate actors to represent kings and sceptered personages: P. ἐξαίρετόν ἐστιν ὥσπερ γέρας τοῖς τριταγωνισταῖς τὸ τοὺς τυράννους καὶ τοὺς τὰ σκῆπτρα ἔχοντας εἰσιέναι (Dem. 418).
    Suggest: Ar. and P. εἰσηγεῖσθαι; suggest.
    Point out, show: P. and V. δεικνύναι, δηλοῦν; see Show.
    Represent a person, look after his interests: P. and V. προξενεῖν (gen.).
    Champion: P. and V. προστατεῖν (gen.).
    I as representing the greatest city ask you to come to terms: P. ἐγὼ... πόλιν μεγίστην παρεχόμενος... ἀξιῶ... συγχωρεῖν (Thuc. 4, 64).
    I came forward though with no mandate to represent our house: V. ἐξῆλθον οὐ ταχθεῖσα πρεσβεύειν γένους (Eur., Herac. 479).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Represent

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