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  • 21 um

    of
    * * *
    older umb, prep. with acc. and dat.
    I. with acc.
    1) around (slá hring um e-n);
    2) about, all over (hárit féll um hana alla); um allar sveitir, all over the country; mikill um herðar, large about the shoulders, broad-shouldered; liggja um akkeri, to ride at anchor;
    3) of proportion; margir voru um einn, many against one; um einn hest voru tveir menn, two men to each horse;
    4) round, past, beyond, with verbs denoting motion (sigla vestr um Bretland); leggja um skut þessu skipi, to pass by this ship; ríða um tún, to pass by a place;
    5) over, across, along (flytja e-n um haf); kominn um langan veg, come from a long way off; ganga um gólf, to cross the floor (but also to walk up and down the floor); slá, er lá um þvert skipit, a beam that lay athwart the ship; um kné sér, across the knee; e-t er hœgt um hönd, gives little trouble, is ready to hand;
    6) of time, during, in the course of (um messuna, um þingit, um sumarit); þat var um nótt, by night; um nætr sem um daga, by night as well as day; lengra en fara megi um dag, in the course of one day;
    7) at a point of time (hann kom at höllinni um drykkju); um þat, at that time, then; um þat er, when (um þat, er vér erum allir at velli lagðir);
    8) of, about, in regard to a thing; bera um e-t, dœma um e-t, to bear witness, judge about; tala um e-t, to speak of; annast um e-t, to attend to; sviðr um sik, wise of oneself; hvárr um sik, each for himself; var mart vel um hann, he had many good qualities;
    9) e-m er ekki um e-t, one does not like (var honum ekki um Norðmenn); with infin., honum er ekki um at berjast í dag, he has no liking to fight to-day; er þér nökkut um, at vér rannsökum þik ok hús þín, have you any objection that we …?; e-m er mikit (lítil) um e-t, one likes it much, little (Guðrúnu var lítil um þat); sá, er mönnum væri meira um, whom people liked better; e-m finnst mikit um e-t, one is much pleased umwith, has a high opinion of (konungi fannst mikit um list þá ok kurteisi þá, er þar var á öllu);
    10) because of, for; öfunda e-n um e-t, to envy one for a thing; verða útlagt um e-t, to be fined for a transgression; um sakleysi, without cause;
    11) beyond, above; margir fengu eigi hlaupit um röst, more than one mile; hafa vetr um þrítugt, to be thirty-one; e-m um afl, um megn, beyond one’s strength, more than one can do (þetta mál er nökkut þér um megn); kasta steini um megn sér, to overstrain oneself; um of, too much, excessive (þótti mörgum þetta um of); um alla menn fram or um fram alla menn, above all men (hón unni honum um alla menn fram); e-m er e-t um hug, one has no mind for, dislikes (ef þér er nökkut um hug á kaupum við oss);
    12) over, across; detta, falla um e-t, to stumble over (féll bóandinn um hann);
    13) by; draugrinn hafði þokat at Þorsteini um þrjár setur, by three seats;
    14) about; þeir sögðu honum, hvat um var at vera, what it was about, how matters stood; hvat sem um þat er, however that may be; eiga e-t um at vera, to be troubled about a thing (lætr sem hann eigi um ekki at vera); var fátt um með þeim, they were not on good terms;
    15) ellipt., ef satt skal um tala, if the truth must be told; þannig sem atburðr hefir orðit um, as things have turned out;
    16) as adv., gekk um veðrit, veered round, changed; ríða (sigla) um, to ride (sail) by; langt um, far beyond, quite; fljótit var langt um úfœrt (úreitt), quite impassable; um liðinn, passed by, of time; á þeirri viku, er um var liðin, in the past umweek;
    II. with dat.
    1) over, esp. poet.; sitja um borðum = sitja yfir borðum; sá es um verði glissir, he that gabbles over a meal;
    2) of time, by; um dögum, um nóttum, by day, by night; um sumrum, haustum, vetrum, várum, in the summer, etc.; um vetrum ok sumrum, both winter and summer.
    * * *
    1.
    an enclytic particle, see ‘of,’ p. 462, col. 2.
    2.
    adv. too; see ‘of,’ p. 462, col. 2, and p. 463, col. 1.

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  • 22 У-155

    НИ УХА НИ РЫЛА не смыслить, не понимать (в чём), не знать substand NP gen Invar obj fixed WO
    (to understand, know) absolutely nothing (about sth.): X \У-155 не смыслит (в Y-e) = X doesn't know (understand) a (damn) thing (about Y)
    X doesn't know his ass from his elbow (from a hole in the ground).
    В юртах, в столовой, везде разговаривали и спорили уже только о новых «парашах»... «Хорошо, если сразу не прикончат...» - «Отправят большинство, но полсотни самых незаменимых оставят здесь...» - «А кто будет решать, кого считать незаменимыми? Антону, например, нужен ты со своими артикуляциями и прочими хренациями. А Недоумову (nickname of Naumov) на всё начхать. Он же ни уха ни рыла не петрит ( substand = не понимает)» (Копелев 1). Intheyurts, in the dining room, the only talk and arguments were about the new rumors.... "We'll be lucky if they don't finish us off right away"
    They'll send most of us away, but about fifty of the most indispensable ones will stay here."..."Who gets to determine who's indispensable? Anton, for instance, needs you with your articulations and other shit. But stupid Naumov doesn't give a damn about anyone. He doesn't understand a thing about any thing" (1 a).
    ...Если случайно оказывалось, что в какой-то области человеческих знаний проявлял он (номенклатурный работник) некоторые способности или познания, то его тут же перекидывали в другую область, постепенно доводя до той, в которой он не смыслил ни уха ни рыла... (Войнович 4). And if by chance it so happened that (a member of the nomenclature) displayed skill or knowledge in some area of human endeavor, he would immediately be booted to another field until, by degrees, he was brought to that field where he did not know his ass from his elbow.. (4a).

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  • 23 ни уха ни рыла

    • НИ УХА НИ РЫЛА не смыслить, не понимать (в чём), не знать substand
    [NPgen; Invar; obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to understand, know) absolutely nothing (about sth.):
    - X - не смыслит (в Y-e) ≈ X doesn't know (understand) a (damn) thing (about Y);
    - X doesn't know his ass from his elbow < from a hole in the ground>.
         ♦ В юртах, в столовой, везде разговаривали и спорили уже только о новых "парашах"... "Хорошо, если сразу не прикончат..." - "Отправят большинство, но полсотни самых незаменимых оставят здесь..." - "А кто будет решать, кого считать незаменимыми? Антону, например, нужен ты со своими артикуляциями и прочими хренациями. А Недоумову [nickname of Naumov] на всё начхать. Он же ни уха ни рыла не петрит [substand = не понимает]" (Копелев 1). In the yurts, in the dining room, the only talk and arguments were about the new rumors.... "We'll be lucky if they don't finish us off right away"; "They'll send most of us away, but about fifty of the most indispensable ones will stay here."..."Who gets to determine who's indispensable? Anton, for instance, needs you with your articulations and other shit. But stupid Naumov doesn't give a damn about anyone. He doesn't understand a thing about any thing" (1a).
         ♦...Если случайно оказывалось, что в какой-то области человеческих знаний проявлял он [номенклатурный работник] некоторые способности или познания, то его тут же перекидывали в другую область, постепенно доводя до той, в которой он не смыслил ни уха ни рыла... (Войнович 4). And if by chance it so happened that [a member of the nomenclature] displayed skill or knowledge in some area of human endeavor, he would immediately be booted to another field until, by degrees, he was brought to that field where he did not know his ass from his elbow... (4a).

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  • 24 Т-112

    TO ДА СЁ (И) TO И СЁ ТО-СЁ, often говорить, думать и т. п. О ТОМ (И) О СЁМ all coll NP usu. obj fixed WO
    (to talk, chat, think etc about) various things, all kinds of things ( usu. used instead of enumerating various topics, circumstances, matters etc): this and that
    this, that, and the other thing one thing and another (in limited contexts) (occupy o.s. with (engage in etc)) small talk and all that.
    "Я угостила его (генерала) чем бог послал, разговорились о том о сём, наконец и о Дубровском» (Пушкин 1). "I treated him (the general) to whatever was in the house, and we talked about this and that, mentioning at last Dubrovskii, too" (1a).
    Что делать в потёмках? Стали разговаривать о том о сём. Она рассказывала про своего отца... И я стал рассказывать про свою жизнь (Трифонов 5). We had to do something, sitting there in the dark, and so we began talking about one thing and another. She told me about her father....Then I began telling her about my life (5a).
    Дуняша (прислушивается):) Вот, кажется, уже едут. (Лопахин (прислушивается):) Нет... Багаж получить, то да сё... (Чехов 2). (D. (listens):) It sounds as if they're coming. (L. (listening):) No, they're not. There's the luggage to be got out and all that (2c).

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  • 25 и то и се

    • ТО ДА СЕ; (И) ТО И СЕ; ТО-СЕ, often говорить, думать и т.п. О ТОМ (И) О СЕМall coll
    [NP; usu. obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to talk, chat, think etc about) various things, all kinds of things (usu. used instead of enumerating various topics, circumstances, matters etc):
    - this, that, and the other thing;
    - [in limited contexts](occupy o.s. with <engage in etc> small talk;
    - and all that.
         ♦ "Я угостила его [генерала] чем бог послал, разговорились о том о сём, наконец и о Дубровском" (Пушкин 1). "I treated him [the general] to whatever was in the house, and we talked about this and that, mentioning at last Dubrovskii, too" (1a).
         ♦ Что делать в потёмках? Стали разговаривать о том о сём. Она рассказывала про своего отца... И я стал рассказывать про свою жизнь (Трифонов 5). We had to do something, sitting there in the dark, and so we began talking about one thing and another. She told me about her father....Then I began telling her about my life (5a).
         ♦ [Дуняша (прислушивается):] Вот, кажется, уже едут. [Лопахин (прислушивается):] Нет... Багаж получить, то да сё... (Чехов 2). [D. (listens):] It sounds as if they're coming. [L. (listening):] No, they're not. There's the luggage to be got out and all that (2c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > и то и се

  • 26 о том и о сем

    • ТО ДА СЕ; (И) ТО И СЕ; ТО-СЕ, often говорить, думать и т.п. О ТОМ (И) О СЕМall coll
    [NP; usu. obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to talk, chat, think etc about) various things, all kinds of things (usu. used instead of enumerating various topics, circumstances, matters etc):
    - this, that, and the other thing;
    - [in limited contexts](occupy o.s. with <engage in etc> small talk;
    - and all that.
         ♦ "Я угостила его [генерала] чем бог послал, разговорились о том о сём, наконец и о Дубровском" (Пушкин 1). "I treated him [the general] to whatever was in the house, and we talked about this and that, mentioning at last Dubrovskii, too" (1a).
         ♦ Что делать в потёмках? Стали разговаривать о том о сём. Она рассказывала про своего отца... И я стал рассказывать про свою жизнь (Трифонов 5). We had to do something, sitting there in the dark, and so we began talking about one thing and another. She told me about her father....Then I began telling her about my life (5a).
         ♦ [Дуняша (прислушивается):] Вот, кажется, уже едут. [Лопахин (прислушивается):] Нет... Багаж получить, то да сё... (Чехов 2). [D. (listens):] It sounds as if they're coming. [L. (listening):] No, they're not. There's the luggage to be got out and all that (2c).

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  • 27 о том о сем

    • ТО ДА СЕ; (И) ТО И СЕ; ТО-СЕ, often говорить, думать и т.п. О ТОМ (И) О СЕМall coll
    [NP; usu. obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to talk, chat, think etc about) various things, all kinds of things (usu. used instead of enumerating various topics, circumstances, matters etc):
    - this, that, and the other thing;
    - [in limited contexts](occupy o.s. with <engage in etc> small talk;
    - and all that.
         ♦ "Я угостила его [генерала] чем бог послал, разговорились о том о сём, наконец и о Дубровском" (Пушкин 1). "I treated him [the general] to whatever was in the house, and we talked about this and that, mentioning at last Dubrovskii, too" (1a).
         ♦ Что делать в потёмках? Стали разговаривать о том о сём. Она рассказывала про своего отца... И я стал рассказывать про свою жизнь (Трифонов 5). We had to do something, sitting there in the dark, and so we began talking about one thing and another. She told me about her father....Then I began telling her about my life (5a).
         ♦ [Дуняша (прислушивается):] Вот, кажется, уже едут. [Лопахин (прислушивается):] Нет... Багаж получить, то да сё... (Чехов 2). [D. (listens):] It sounds as if they're coming. [L. (listening):] No, they're not. There's the luggage to be got out and all that (2c).

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  • 28 то да се

    • ТО ДА СЕ; (И) ТО И СЕ; ТО-СЕ, often говорить, думать и т.п. О ТОМ (И) О СЕМall coll
    [NP; usu. obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to talk, chat, think etc about) various things, all kinds of things (usu. used instead of enumerating various topics, circumstances, matters etc):
    - this, that, and the other thing;
    - [in limited contexts](occupy o.s. with <engage in etc> small talk;
    - and all that.
         ♦ "Я угостила его [генерала] чем бог послал, разговорились о том о сём, наконец и о Дубровском" (Пушкин 1). "I treated him [the general] to whatever was in the house, and we talked about this and that, mentioning at last Dubrovskii, too" (1a).
         ♦ Что делать в потёмках? Стали разговаривать о том о сём. Она рассказывала про своего отца... И я стал рассказывать про свою жизнь (Трифонов 5). We had to do something, sitting there in the dark, and so we began talking about one thing and another. She told me about her father....Then I began telling her about my life (5a).
         ♦ [Дуняша (прислушивается):] Вот, кажется, уже едут. [Лопахин (прислушивается):] Нет... Багаж получить, то да сё... (Чехов 2). [D. (listens):] It sounds as if they're coming. [L. (listening):] No, they're not. There's the luggage to be got out and all that (2c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > то да се

  • 29 то и се

    • ТО ДА СЕ; (И) ТО И СЕ; ТО-СЕ, often говорить, думать и т.п. О ТОМ (И) О СЕМall coll
    [NP; usu. obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to talk, chat, think etc about) various things, all kinds of things (usu. used instead of enumerating various topics, circumstances, matters etc):
    - this, that, and the other thing;
    - [in limited contexts](occupy o.s. with <engage in etc> small talk;
    - and all that.
         ♦ "Я угостила его [генерала] чем бог послал, разговорились о том о сём, наконец и о Дубровском" (Пушкин 1). "I treated him [the general] to whatever was in the house, and we talked about this and that, mentioning at last Dubrovskii, too" (1a).
         ♦ Что делать в потёмках? Стали разговаривать о том о сём. Она рассказывала про своего отца... И я стал рассказывать про свою жизнь (Трифонов 5). We had to do something, sitting there in the dark, and so we began talking about one thing and another. She told me about her father....Then I began telling her about my life (5a).
         ♦ [Дуняша (прислушивается):] Вот, кажется, уже едут. [Лопахин (прислушивается):] Нет... Багаж получить, то да сё... (Чехов 2). [D. (listens):] It sounds as if they're coming. [L. (listening):] No, they're not. There's the luggage to be got out and all that (2c).

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  • 30 то-се

    • ТО ДА СЕ; (И) ТО И СЕ; ТО-СЕ, often говорить, думать и т.п. О ТОМ (И) О СЕМall coll
    [NP; usu. obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to talk, chat, think etc about) various things, all kinds of things (usu. used instead of enumerating various topics, circumstances, matters etc):
    - this, that, and the other thing;
    - [in limited contexts](occupy o.s. with <engage in etc> small talk;
    - and all that.
         ♦ "Я угостила его [генерала] чем бог послал, разговорились о том о сём, наконец и о Дубровском" (Пушкин 1). "I treated him [the general] to whatever was in the house, and we talked about this and that, mentioning at last Dubrovskii, too" (1a).
         ♦ Что делать в потёмках? Стали разговаривать о том о сём. Она рассказывала про своего отца... И я стал рассказывать про свою жизнь (Трифонов 5). We had to do something, sitting there in the dark, and so we began talking about one thing and another. She told me about her father....Then I began telling her about my life (5a).
         ♦ [Дуняша (прислушивается):] Вот, кажется, уже едут. [Лопахин (прислушивается):] Нет... Багаж получить, то да сё... (Чехов 2). [D. (listens):] It sounds as if they're coming. [L. (listening):] No, they're not. There's the luggage to be got out and all that (2c).

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  • 31 ἀμφί

    ἀμφί, Prep. with gen., dat., acc.: (cf. Skt.
    A abhitas 'on both sides', Lat. ambi-):—radic. sense, on both sides; chiefly Poet. and [dialect] Ion. Prose, replaced by περί in later Gk.
    A C. GEN. (Poet., Hdt., X.):
    I causal, about, for the sake of, ἀ. πίδακος μάχεσθαι fight for the possession of a spring, Il.16.285;

    ἀ. γυναικός Pi.P.9.105

    , A.Ag.62;

    ἀ. λέκτρων E.Andr. 123

    : like πρός, in entreaties, πρὸς Ζηνός.. Φοίβου τ' ἀ. for Phoebus' sake, A.R.2.216.
    2 about, concerning, once in Hom., ἀμφ' Ἄρεος φιλότητος ἀείδειν sing of love, Od.8.267;

    ἀμφὶ τιμῆς h.Merc. 172

     (cf. c. 4); once in Hdt., ἀμφὶ κρίσιος (as v.l. for κρίσι)

    μνηστήρων τοσαῦτα ἐγένετο 6.131

    ; more freq. in poets,

    ἀ. δαιμόνων Pi.O.1.35

    , cf. A.Th. 1017, E.Supp. 642, etc.; prob. l. in S.Ph. 554.
    II of Place, about, around, post-Hom.,

    ἀ. ταύτης τῆς πόλιος Hdt.8.104

    ;

    τὸν ἀ. Λίμνας τρόχον E.Hipp. 1133

    .
    B C. DAT. (Poet., [dialect] Ion. and later Prose):
    I of Place, on both sides of,

    ἀμφ' ὀχέεσσι Il.5.723

    ; ἀ. κεφαλῇ, ὤμοισιν, στήθεσσι, ποσσί, about the head, etc., ib.24.163, 3.328, Od.16.174, Il.13.36;

    ἄ. δέρᾳ Sapph.Supp.23.16

    ; ἀμφί οἱ around him, Il.12.396; μοι ἀμφ' αὐτῷ around me, 9.470; like wise

    ἀμφὶ περὶ στήθεσσι Od.11.609

    :—all round, κρέα ἀμφ' ὀβελοῖσι μεμύκει round, i.e. upon, spits, ib.12.395;

    πεπαρμένη ἀμφ' ὀνύχεσσι Hes.Op. 250

    .
    2 more generally, at, by, ἀ. πύλῃσι μάχεσθαι at the gates, Il.12.175; ἀμφὶ [κόρυθι] διατρυφέν smashed on the helmet, 3.362; ἀ. πυρί on the fire, 18.344; ἀμφ' ἐμοί clinging to me, Od.11.423; esp. of falling over one, Il.4.493; of a guardian, over,

    φύλακα ἀ. σοι λείψω S.Aj. 562

    ;

    ἀ. γούνασι πίπτειν E.Alc. 947

    .
    II of Time, ἁλίῳ ἀ. ἑνί in compass of one day, Pi. O.13.37.
    III generally, of connexion or association, without distinct notion of place, ἀ. νεκροῖσιν as concerning the dead, Il.7.408; freq. in Pi., ὅσσα δ' ἀμφ' ἀέθλοις as far as concerns games, N.2.17; ἐπ' ἔργοισιν ἀ. τε βουλαῖς in deeds and counsels, Id.P.5.119; in virtue of,

    ἀμφὶ σοφίᾳ 1.12

    ;

    ἐμᾷ ἀ. μαχανᾷ 8.34

    ;

    ἀμφ' ἀρετᾷ 1.80

    , cf. O.8.42;

    σέο ἀμφὶ τρόπῳ N.1.29

    ; ἀ. ἰατορίᾳ in respect of healing, B.1.39.
    IV causal, about, for the sake of,

    ἀμφ' Ἑλένῃ μάχεσθαι Il.3.70

    ; ἀ. γυναικὶ ἄλγεα πάσχειν ib. 157, cf. Luc.D Deor.20.14;

    ἀ. τοῖσδε καλχαίνων τέκνοις E.Heracl.40

    , cf. Rh. 457 (lyr.);

    ἀ. δώλῳ μωλίειν Leg.Gort.1.17

    ; concerning, Od.1.48;

    εἰπὼν ἀμφ' Ὀδυσῆϊ 14.364

    ;

    ἀρνεύμενον ἀ. βόεσσι h.Merc. 390

    ;

    ἀ. Τειρεσίαο βουλαῖς Pi.I.7(6).8

    ;

    ἕξετ' ἀμφ' ἐμοὶ τροφήν S.OC 1614

    , cf. El. 1144;

    ἔρις ἀ. μουσικῇ Hdt. 6.129

    ;

    ἀ. σοι A.Ag. 890

    ; ἀ. τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῆς λόγος λέγεται about her death it is reported, Hdt.3.32, cf. S.Aj. 303;

    ἀ. βοῶν ἀγέλαις δόμον αὔξειν B.9.44

    .
    2 of impulses, ἀ. τάρβει, ἀ. φόβῳ for very fear, A.Ch. 547, E.Or. 825;

    ἀ. θυμῷ S.Fr. 565

    ;

    ἀμφ' ὀδύνῃ A.R.2.96

    .
    V like ἐπί, added to,

    πόνος ἀ. πόνῳ Simon.39

    .
    C C. ACC., most freq. in Prose (twice only in Th.):
    I of Place, about, around, mostly with a sense of motion,

    ἀ. μιν φᾶρος βάλον Il.24.588

    , cf. Od.10.365;

    ἀ. βωμίαν ἔπτηξε παστάδα E.HF 984

    .
    2 generally, by, on, ἀμφ' ἅλα by the sea, Il.1.409; ἀ. ῥέεθρα somewhere by the banks, 2.461; ἀ. περὶ κρήνην somewhere about the fountain, 2.305; ἀ. ἄστυ all about in the city, 11.706; Τάρταρον ἀ. μέγαν somewhere in Tartarus, h.Ap. 336, cf. A.Pr. 1029;

    ἀ. Εὔβοιαν B.9.34

    ;

    ἀ. Θρῄκην E.Andr. 215

    ; ἀ. ψάμαθον somewhere on the sand, S.Aj. 1064; ἀ. βωμόν at the altar, E.IT 705;

    περὶ πίδακας ἀ. Theoc. 7.142

    ; of motion, to the neighbourhood of,

    ἦλθες ἀ. Δωδώνην A.Pr. 830

    .
    3 of persons grouped about one, οἱ ἀ. Πρίαμον Priam and his train, Il.3.146, cf. 2.417, 445; οἱ ἀ. Ξέρξεα his army, Hdt.8.25; but οἱ ἀ. Κορινθίους, οἱ ἀ. Μεγαρέας καὶ Φλειασίους the Corinthians, Megarians, etc., and those next them, Id.9.69: hence [dialect] Att., οἱ ἀ. Πρωταγόραν the school of Protagoras or even Protagoras himself, Pl. Tht. 170c; οἱ ἀ. Εὐθύφρονα Euthyphro's friends, Cra. 399e, cf. Th.8.65; of a single person, perh. Pl.Hp.Ma. 281c; so in later Prose, as Luc.VH2.18.
    4 τὰ ἀ. τι that which concerns a thing,

    τὰ ἀ. τὸ ἄριστον Th.7.40

    ; τὰ ἀ. τὴν δίαιταν domestic arrangements, X.Cyr.8.2.6.
    5 causal, about, for the sake of, κλαίειν ἀ. τινα weep about or for one, Il.18.339; μνήσασθαι ἀ. τινα make mention of one, h.Hom. 7.1, cf. Terp.2, Ar.Nu. 595;

    κελαδέοντι φᾶμαι ἀ. Κινύραν Pi.P.2.15

    , cf. I.7(6).9, A.Th. 843;

    ἀ. νιν γοώμενος S.Tr. 937

    .
    6 ἀ. τι ἔχειν to be occupied about a thing,

    ἀ. λιτάν' ἕξομεν A.Th. 101

    ;

    ἀ. δεῖπνον εἶχεν X.Cyr.5.5.44

    , cf. 5.2.26;

    εἶναι ἀμφί τι 7.1.1

    ;

    ἀ. τὰν δαῖσιν Leg.Gort.5.46

    .
    II of Time, throughout, for, τὸν λοιπὸν ἀ. βίοτον, τὸν ὅλον ἀ. χρόνον, Pi.O.1.97, 2.30; about, at the time of, during,

    ἀ. Πλειάδων δύσιν A.Ag. 826

    ;

    ἀ. τὸν χειμῶνα X.Cyr.8.6.22

    , etc.
    2 of Number,

    ἀ. τὰς δώδεκα μυριάδας

     about

    120

    , 000, ib.1.2.15.
    D POSITION. In poets ἀμφί sts. follows its case,

    οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφί Od.23.46

    , cf. 10.218, B.17.53;

    φρένας ἀ. Hes.Th. 554

    , Mimn.1.7; but never suffers anastrophe, Hdn.Gr.1.480.
    E WITHOUT CASE, as Adv., about, around, on both or all sides, freq. in [dialect] Ep.,

    ῥῆξεν δέ οἱ ἀ. χιτῶνα Il.13.439

    ; ἀ. δὲ λειμών around is meadow, Od.6.292; so

    ἀ. περί Il.21.10

    , etc.
    I on both sides, ἀμφίστομος, ἀμφίαλος.
    2 on all sides,

    ἀμφιβάλλω 1.3

    , ἀμφιλαμβάνω, ἀμφιλαφής.
    II causal, for the sake of, ἀμφιμάχομαι, ἀμφιτρομέω.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀμφί

  • 32 efa

    (að), v. to doubt (engi efar þat); efa um e-t, to doubt about a thing;
    refl., efast í e-u, to hesitate in, be in doubt; efa um e-t = efa um e-t; with gen., efa e-s, to change one’s mind in a matter.
    * * *
    að, in old writers usually spelt with i, ifa; efa occurs in Nj. 207, Hkr. ii. 326, Sks. 153, Stj. 256, Fms. ii. 42, iii. 115, vi. 184, Al. 43, Grett. 110 A, Bs. ii. 169, etc.; in mod. usage always with e:—to doubt, with acc.; engi ifar þat, Fms. x. 319: the phrase, efa sik, to hesitate, Grett. l. c.; skulu þér eigi e. yðr (doubt), at …, Nj. 307: used as neut. to feel a doubt, ifi þér nokkut, at, Fms. v. 38, Hkr. l. c., 623. 33; ifa (efa) um e-t, to doubt about a thing, Hkr. i. 223, Grág. ii. 47, Fms. ii. 283, v. 37, vi. 184.
    2. reflex., efask (ifask) í e-u, to doubt or hesitate in a thing; í því má engi maðr ifask, at …, Sks. 272 B; ekki efumk ek í því, 153, Stj. l. c.; Freysteinn efaðisk í, hvárt …, F. was in doubt, whether…, Fms. iii. 115; þér efisk í um þeirra almátt, ii. 42: efask um e-t, to doubt about a thing, x. 392; hvárt ifisk ér um ok hræðisk, Niðrst. 2.
    β. absol. to doubt, hesitate, Str. 22; statt upp ok ifask alls ekki, Hom. 119.
    γ. with gen., efask e-s, to change one’s mind in a matter, Grág. i. 312, 313.

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  • 33 ganga

    * * *
    I)
    (geng; gekk, gengum; genginn), v.
    1) to walk (reið jarl, en Karkr gekk);
    2) to go;
    ganga heim, to go home;
    ganga braut, to go away;
    ganga til hvílu, to go to bed;
    ganga á skip, to go on board;
    ganga af skipi, to go ashore;
    with infin., ganga sofa or at sofa, to go to sleep;
    ganga at eiga konu, to marry a woman;
    3) to go about grazing, to graze (kálfrinn gekk í túni um sumarit);
    4) of a ship, to run, sail (gekk skipit brátt út á haf);
    5) to stretch out, extend, project (nes mikit gekk í sæ út);
    6) of report, tales, to be current (litlar sögur megu ganga af hesti mínum);
    gekk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter the French tongue prevailed in E.;
    8) of money, to be current (peningar þeir, sem nú ganga);
    of laws, to be valid (þau lög, er gengu á Uppsalaþingi);
    of sickness, plague, famine, to rage (þá gekk landfarsótt, drepsótt, hallæri);
    9) to go on, last (gnustu þá saman vápnin, ok gekk þat um hríð);
    impers., gekk því lengi, so it went on for a long while;
    10) láta ganga e-t, to let go on;
    láta höggin ganga, to rain blows;
    Birkibeinar létu ganga lúðrana, blew the trumpets vigorously;
    ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do;
    impers., svá þykt, at þeim gekk þar eigi at fara, so close, that they could not go on there;
    þeim gekk ekki fyrir nesit, they could not clear the ness;
    12) to turn out, go in a specified way;
    ganga andæris, to go all wrong;
    gekk þeim lítt atsókinn, they made little progress with the attack;
    impers., e-m gengr vel (illa), one fares (goes on, gets on) well (badly);
    13) with acc., ganga e-n á bak, to force one to go backwards (harm gengr bjöninn á bak);
    14) with dat., to discharge (gekk bann þá blóði);
    15) with preps. and adverbs:
    ganga af e-u, to depart from, leave (þá gekk af honum móðrinn);
    ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits;
    ganga af trú sinni, to apostatize;
    to pass (síðan gengu af páskarnir);
    to go off (gekk þegar af höfuðit);
    to be left as surplus (þat er af skuldinni gekk);
    nú gengr honum hey af, now he has some hay left;
    ganga af sér, to go to extremities, to go beyond oneself (mjök ganga þeir fóstbrœðr nú af sé);
    ganga aptr, to revert (return) to the former proprietor (síðan gengu þau lönd aptr undir Árna);
    to be void, annulled (þá skal kaup aptr ganga);
    of a ghost, to walk again; of a door, to close, shut (gekk eigi aptr hurðin);
    ganga at e-m, to attack one;
    ganga at e-u, to agree to, accept a choice or offer (Flosi gekk fljótt at þessu öllu); to fit (skaltu fá mér lukla þá, sem ganga at kistum yðrum);
    ganga á e-t, to encroach upon (ganga á ríki e-s); to break (ganga á orð sín, eiða, grið, sættir, trygðir); to pierce, penetrate;
    hann var í panzara, er ekki gekk á, that was proof against any weapons;
    ganga á vald e-s or e-m, ganga á hönd (hendr) e-m, to submit to, give oneself up to, surrender to one;
    ganga á bak e-u, to contravene;
    ganga eptir e-u, to go for, go to fetch (göngum heim eptir verðinu); to pursue, claim;
    ganga eptir, to prove true, be fulfilled (þetta gekk allt eptir, sem M. sagði fyrir);
    ganga frá e-u, to part with, lose (sumir munu ganga frá öllu fénu);
    ganga fram, to step forward;
    ganga fram vel, to go forward bravely, in a battle;
    to come to pass, come into execution (skal þess bíða, er þetta gengr fram);
    to increase (fé Hall gerðar gekk fram ok gørðist allmikit);
    to depart this life (H. bóndi gengr fram til frænda sinna);
    ganga fyrir e-n, to present oneself before one (ganga fyrir konung);
    ganga fyrir e-u, to take charge of, manage (var þar mart fólk, en húsbóndi gekk svá fyrir, at ekkert skorti); to yield to, be swayed by (hann gekk þá fyrir fortölum hennar);
    ganga í gegn e-m, to set oneself against one;
    ganga í gegn e-u, to confess, acknowledge;
    maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðst tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away;
    ganga í mál, to undertake a case;
    ganga með e-m (of a woman), to marry;
    ganga með barni, to be with child;
    ganga með burði (of animals), to be with young;
    ganga með e-u, to assist in, plead (ganga með máli, bónorði);
    ganga milli (á m., í m.), to go between, intercede;
    ganga móti (á m., í m.) e-m, to go to meet one;
    ganga móti e-u, to resist, oppose;
    to confess, = ganga í gegn, ganga við e-u;
    ganga nær e-m, to be troublesome to one (þótti hón œrit nær ganga Þórgerði);
    ganga e-m nær, to approach, come near to one (sá hefir á brott komizt, er næst gekk Gunnari um alla hluti);
    ganga saman, to marry;
    of an agreement, bargain, to be brought about;
    saman gekk kaupit með þeim, they came to a bargain;
    ganga sundr (í s.), to go asunder, part;
    ganga til, to go up to a thing (gangit til ok hyggit at); of the wind, to veer (veðrit gekk til útsuðrs);
    en þat gekk mér til þess (that was my reason), at ek ann þér eigi;
    hversu hefir ykkr til gengit, how have you fared?
    Loka gekk lítt til, it fared ill with L.;
    ganga um e-t, to go about a thing;
    ganga um beina, to wait upon guests;
    ganga um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker;
    ganga um e-n, to befall, happen to one (þess, er um margan gengr guma); of the wind, to go round, veer (gekk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim); to manage (fékk hón svá um gengit, at);
    g. undir e-t, to take upon oneself, undertake (a duty);
    ganga undir e-n, to subject oneself to;
    ganga upp, to be wasted (of money);
    to get loose, to he torn loose (þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir á húsinu);
    of a storm, gale, to get up, rise (veðr gekk upp);
    of an ice-bound river, áin var gengin upp, swollen with ice;
    ganga við staf, to walk with a stick;
    ganga við e-u or e-t, to avow;
    ganga yfir e-t, to go beyond, disregard (hann vildi eigi ganga yfir þat, er hann vissi réttast);
    ganga yfir e-n, to overcome, to befall, happen to one;
    slíkt sem yfir hefir gengit, all that has happened;
    eitt skal yfir okkr ganga, we shall share one fate;
    16) refl., gangast.
    f.
    1) walking (hann mœddist í göngu);
    vera í göngu, to be on foot, to walk;
    2) course (ganga tungls, vinds).
    * * *
    u, f. a walking, Bs. i. 225, Vþm. 8; tóku heyrn daufir, göngu haltir, 625. 82, cp. Matth. xv. 31; nema sýn eðr göngu frá mönnum, Post. 645. 70: the act of walking, Korm. 182, Fms. vi. 325; ganga göngu, to take a walk, Korm. (in a verse):—a course, ganga tungls, the course of the moon, Edda 7; hvata göngunni, id.; ganga vinds, the course of the wind, 15, Rb. 112, 476:—a procession, Fms. x. 15, Fs. 85, Ísl. ii. 251; vera sarnan í göngu, to march together, Band, 11; lögbergis-g., the procession to the hill of laws, Grág. Þ. Þ. ch. 5, Eg. 703; kirkju-g., a going to church; her-g., a war-march; hólm-g., a duel, q. v.; fjall-g., a walk to the fell ( to fetch sheep):—of animals, hrossa-g., grazing, pasture for horses, Dipl. v. 14; sauð-g., sheep-pasture: esp. in pl. fetching sheep from the fell-pastures in autumn (fjall-ganga), Grág. ii. 310, cp. Korm. ch. 3, Vd. ch. 44, Vápn. 22; ó-göngur, straits.
    COMPDS: göngudrykkja, göngufæri, göngukona, göngulag, göngulið, göngu-maðr, göngumannaerfð, göngumannliga, göngumóðr, göngustafr, göngusveinn.

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  • 34 RAÐA

    (ræð; réð, réðum; ráðinn), v.
    1) to advise, counsel, ráða e-m e-t (réðu vinir hans honum þat, at hann berðist eigi við þik);
    ráða e-m ráð, to give one counsel;
    2) to consult about, discuss, with dat. (ráða landráðum);
    ráða ráðum sínum, to hold a conference;
    3) to devise, plan;
    þeir ráða atför við Gunnar, thev plan an onslaught on G.;
    réð hón þeim bana, she plotted that man’s death;
    4) to plot or cause one’s death, = ráða e-m bana (þær atluðu, at konungr mundi hafa ráðit hann);
    Reginn mik réð, R. betrayed me;
    réðu þeir þat þá með sér, they settled this among themselves;
    6) to fix, decide, resolve, with acc.;
    ek hefi áðr ráðit brúðlaup mitt, I have fixed my wedding day;
    réðu þeir þá þat at fara ofan til Rangár, then they resolved to ride down to Rang river;
    ráða e-t til staðar, to settle, fix definitively, = staðráða e-t (vil ek finna konung áðr en ek ráða þetta til staðar);
    7) to hire, take into service (ráða skipverja, ráða sér hjón);
    bóndi sagði húsfreyju, at hann hafði Hrapp ráðit með sér, that he had taken H. into his company;
    8) to rule, govern, with dat. (ráða landi, ríki; Einarr jarl ráð þá Orkneyjum);
    9) to rule, command, have one’s way, prevail, decide, settle (skal hón sjálf ráða hvárt hón vill hann eða eigi);
    skal ráða afl með þeim, the majority shall decide;
    Ólafr bað móður sína. eina ráða, to settle the matter alone;
    landfall ræðr fyrir sunnan, makes the boundary towards the south;
    with dat., hvárt ræðr þú því, er, is it your doing that..?;
    ráða engu, to have no authority, be of no avail (orðheill þín skal engu ráða);
    ráða landamerkjum, to make the boundary (Hafslœkr réð þar landamerkjum);
    ráða búi sínu, to conduct, manage one’s estate;
    hann réð sér sjálfr, he was independent;
    ertu nökkurs ráðandi hér, have you any authority here?
    10) to have, possess, be master of, enjoy;
    ráða fé ok fjörvi, to enjoy wealth and life;
    11) to explain, read;
    ráða gátu, to read a riddle;
    ráða draum, to interpret a dream;
    ráða e-t at líkindum, to judge from probabilities (engar munu fríðari en þínar dœtr, ef at líkindum skal ráða);
    12) to read and understand (ráða rúnar, stafi, rit);
    réð ek þær rúnar, er reist þín systir, I have read the runes thy sister engraved;
    13) to punish, chastise, with dat. (fóstri hans var harðr við hann ok réð honum mjök);
    ráða stórt, to aim high, undertake great things;
    15) periphrastically with an infin., to do;
    ráðumk ganga, we (I) do go;
    hón réð vakna (= hón vaknaði), she awoke;
    þau lög, er hann réð upp at segja, the laws which he pronounced;
    16) with preps.:
    ráða e-t af, to resolve, make up one’s mind (réð hann þat af at sigla súðr til Danmerkr);
    to discontinue, put a stop to (ek hygg, at Þóroddr ætli nú at af ráða hingatkvámur þínar);
    to do away with (þú verðr nú þetta vandræði af at ráða);
    ráða e-n af e-u, to make one leave off (af hefir þú mik ráðit brekvísi við þik);
    ráða e-u af (e-u), to get off;
    Þ. bað menn taka forka ok ráða af skipinu, to get the ship off, set her afloat;
    ráða e-n af = ráða e-n af lífi, af dögum, to put out of the way, put to death (hann kvazt mundu af ráða illmenni þessi);
    ráða at e-m, to attack (njósnarmenn hlupu upp ok réðu at þeim);
    ráða á e-t, to set about a thing (þeir réðu á íshöggit);
    ráða á e-n, to attack one (þorðu aldri úvinir hans á hann at ráða);
    ráða bót (bœtr) á e-u, to remedy, make good (þóttust menn eigi kunna bœtr á þessu ráða);
    ráða eptir e-m, to pursue one;
    ráða e-n frá e-u, to deprive one of, exclude one from (ráða e-n frá landi, ríki);
    ráða fyrir e-u, to command, have authority over, be master of (ráða fyrir skipi, hofi, fé, eldi);
    ráða í e-t, to guess at, find out (Gormr konungr réð ekki í þetta);
    ráða móti, í móti e-m, to attack one (í móti Kára réð Mörðr);
    ráða e-n ofan, to overthrow;
    ráða ór e-u, to find an expedient, solve a difficulty (er nú vant ór at ráða);
    ráða til e-s, to rush in upon, attack (hann reiddi upp øxina ok réð til Þórvarðs); to take to (set about) a thing, try, make an attempt;
    S. kom fótum undir sik, ok réð til í annat sinn, and tried again the second time;
    ok er nú til at ráða, ef þér vilit, now is the time for action, if you are willing;
    skal ráða til árinnar eða eigi, shall we try to pass the river or not?;
    ráða til orrostu, to go to battle;
    ráða til uppgöngu, to make an ascent;
    ráða til ferðar, to start on a journey;
    ráða skipi til hlunns, to draw a ship on to land;
    ráða um e-t, to dispose of (megum vér eigi ráða um hennar gjaforð);
    to deliberate on (konungr gaf jarli orlof at ráða um þetta við menn sina);
    ráða um at gøra e-t, to be about to do a thing (hann tók um strenginn ok réð um at fara upp í skipit);
    ráða um við e-n, to put an end to, finish off (var Alfr þá kominn ok ætlaði skjótt um at ráða við Finnboga);
    ráða e-t or e-u undan e-m, to deprive one of (hón vildi eigi giptast, því at hón vildi eigi ráða fé undan dóttur sinni);
    ráða e-t undir e-n, to put in the charge of (þá réðu þeir goðorð sitt undir Rafn);
    ráða e-t upp, to read up (þessi sömu bréf lét erkibiskup upp ráða í Danmörku);
    ráða við e-n, to be able to master one (muntu nú einn við mik ráða);
    ráða e-t við sik, to make up one’s mind;
    ráða yfir e-u, to rule, govern;
    17) refl., ráðast.
    * * *
    að, [röð], to place in order, with dat.; raða e-u niðr, whence niðr-raðan. order.

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  • 35 πρᾶγμα

    πρᾶγμα, ατος, τό, [dialect] Ion. [full] πρῆχμα Schwyzer 688 B16, C5 (Chios, v B. C.), GDI5598.4 ([place name] Ephesus); also [full] πρῆγμα Hdt.5.33, al., but Hdt. perh. wrote [full] πρῆχμα, which is v. l. in 1.133 ap.Ath.4.144a (cod. A), and in 3.49,57 (POxy.1619.326, 379); cf. πρήχματος οὐχ ὁσίου imitated from Hdt. in Epigr.Gr.1092 ([place name] Erechtheum): ([etym.] πράσσω):—
    A deed, act, the concrete of πρᾶξις, but freq. approaching to the abstract sense, Thgn.116, al.; opp. λόγοι, D.2.12, etc.;

    πραγμάτων ὀρθὰν ὁδόν Pi.O. 7.46

    ; γυναίου π. ἐποίει did the act of a woman, D.25.57, cf. 18.24, etc.
    II occurrence, matter, affair,

    πᾶσαν τελευτὰν πράγματος Pi.O. 13.75

    , cf. P.4.278;

    τί τοῦδε σοὶ μέτεστι π. λέγε A.Eu. 575

    , cf. 584;

    π. τοιόνδε συνηνείχθη γενέσθαι Hdt.5.33

    , cf. 9.92, Th.2.64;

    ἐς μέσον σφι προετίθεε τὸ π. Hdt.1.206

    ;

    τί δ' εἰδὼς τοῦδε π. πέρι; S.Aj. 747

     codd.;

    τὸ π. εἰς ὑπέρδεινόν μοι περιέστη D.21.111

    ; ὁρᾶτε τὸ π., οἷ προελήλυθε κτλ., Id.4.9, cf. 8.7.
    2 thing, concrete reality,

    ἆρ' ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι π.; Epich.171.1

    ; opp. ὄνομα, Pl.Cra. 391b, 436a, And.4.27;

    δύο π... τοιάδε, οἷον Κρατύλος καὶ Κρατύλου εἰκών Pl.Cra. 432b

    ; ὡς ἀργαλέον π. ἐστίν c. inf., Ar.Pl.1;

    οὐδὲ π. οὐθέν ἐστι παρὰ τὰ μεγέθη.. τὰ αἰσθητὰ κεχωρισμένον Arist. de An. 432a3

    , cf. Mete. 379a32, Ph. 226b30, 227b28;

    διαμάχονται περὶ τοῦ λευκὸν ἢ μὴ λευκὸν εἶναι τὸ π. Plu.2.1109d

    , cf. 1112d;

    ἐξ ἀζωΐας καὶ ζωῆς συγκείμενον π. Porph.Sent.21

     : pl.,

    τῶν π. ἀΐδιος ἔσσα Philol.6

    , cf. Democr.164, Arist.Xen. 974a25, Pol. 1252a24;

    τὰ μετέωρα π. Ar.Nu. 228

    , cf. 250, 741; opp. ὀνόματα, Pl.Cra. 39oe, D.9.15.
    b contemptuously, thing, creature, κακῷ πράγματι wretched creature, viz. the sophist, Pl.Prt. 312c; τούτῳ τῷ π., viz. the demos, Id.Grg. 520b;

    ὁ δῆμος ἀσταθμητότατον π. D.19.136

    ; ἄμαχον π., of a woman, X. Cyr.6.1.36.
    3 like πρᾶξις 1.2,

    ὄφελος 1

    , in Hdt., πρῆγμά ἐστι or ἐστί μοι, c. inf., it is advantageous for me,

    εὕρισκε π. οἱ εἶναι ἐλαύνειν 1.79

    , cf. 4.11: with a neg.,

    εὕρισκέ οἱ οὐ π. εἶναι στρατεύεσθαι Id.7.12

    : also c. acc. et inf., οὐδὲν ἂν εἴη π. γνώμας ἐμὲ σοὶ ἀποφαίνεσθαι there will be no advantage or need, Id.1.207; π. ἂν ἦν μοῦνον the only thing needful, Id.7.130.
    4 thing of consequence or importance, π. ποιήσασθαι [τι] ib. 150;

    π. οὐδὲν ἐποιήσαντο Id.6.63

    ; οὐδὲν π., ὦ Σώκρατες no matter, S., Pl.Grg. 447b, cf. E.Med. 451;

    ὡς.. οὐδὲν ὂν π., εἰ καὶ ἀποθάνοι Pl.Euthphr.4d

    ; δῆλον ἦν ὅτι π. τι εἴη that there was something the matter, X.An.4.1.17.
    b π. ἐστί μοι it concerns me, σφίσι τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοισι εἶναι οὐδὲν π. they had nothing to do with the A., Hdt.5.84, cf. D.18.283; ᾧ μὴ π. μὴ εἰσίναι no admittance except on business, Sammelb.6152.22 (i B. C.): c. gen. rei, οἷς μηδὲν ἦν π. τοῦ πολέμου who were not concerned in the war, Plu.Pomp.65; τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι π.; what is your pursuit or business, what are you about? Pl. Ap. 20c, cf. Alc.1.104d.
    c μέγα π. a man of consequence, D.35.15;

    τὸ μέγα π. ἐν τῇ πόλει Men.Sam. 175

    ; ἦν μέγιστον π. Δημοκήδης παρὰ βασιλέϊ he was made much of by the king, Hdt.3.132; π. μέγα φρέατος a fine large tank, Alex.179.
    5 used of a battle, action, affair,

    ὡς οἱ σωθέντες ἐκ τοῦ π. ἀπέφυγον X.HG7.1.17

    .
    6 τὸ π. the love- affair of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Aeschin.1.132.
    7 fact, opp. λόγος, ὄνομα, Arist. Top. 146a3, SE 175a8;

    πρὸς τὸ π. καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν Id.Ph. 263a17

    : pl.,

    οὐκ ἐχρῆν τῶν π. τὴν γλῶσσαν ἰσχύειν πλέον E.Hec. 1188

    .
    8 matter in hand, question, Hp.Acut.39;

    πρὸς τὸ π. Pl.Men. 87a

    , Arist.APr. 70a32, D.54.26;

    διαιρεῖν κατὰ τὸ π. Arist. Pol. 1299b18

    ; ἔξω τοῦ π., v. ἔξω 1.2b.
    III in pl., πράγματα,
    1 circumstances, affairs,

    τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα π. Hdt.1.207

    ;

    ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἀγαθοῖς π. Th.3.82

    , cf. 1.89; τοῖς π. τέθνηκα τοῖς δ' ἔργοισιν οὔ by circumstances, not by acts, E.Hel. 286;

    ἐν τοιούτοις π. X.Mem.2.7.2

    , An.2.1.16, etc.;

    δεινὸς πράγμασι χρῆσθαι D.1.3

    , cf. X.HG3.5.1;

    τύχη τὰ θνητῶν πράγματ', οὐκ εὐβουλία Chaerem.2

    ; ἀποτυγχάνειν τῶν π. fail to prosper, X.Mem.4.2.28; the condition of a patient,

    τὰ τῶν νοσεύντων π. Hp.Prog.1

     (also in sg.,

    ἐξαπίνης ὅλῳ τῷ π. μεταβάλλειν Id.Acut. 35

    ; so also poet.,

    ποῦ ποτ' εἰμὶ πράγματος; S.Tr. 375

    , cf.Aj. 314).
    2 state-affairs,

    τὰ πολιτικὰ π. Pl.Ap. 31d

    ; ἔστ' ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὰ π. the fortunes of the state, Ar.Lys.32; a state or empire, τὰ Περσικὰ π. the Persian power, Hdt.3.137;

    τὰ Περσέων π. Id.7.50

    , etc.;

    διαπεπόρθηται τὰ Περσῶν π. A.Pers. 714

    ;

    ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ π. ἐγένετο Th.1.74

    ;

    μὴ ὥσπερ θεῷ νομίζετ' ἐκείνῳ τὰ παρόντα πεπηγέναι π. ἀθάνατα D.4.8

    , cf. 44, etc.;

    παρασπάσασθαί τι τῶν ὅλων π. Id.1.3

    ; of government,

    καταλαμβάνειν τὰ π. Hdt.6.39

    , cf. Th.3.30 ([voice] Pass.); ἔχειν τὰ π. ib.62,72, cf. Hdt.6.83;

    κατέχειν τὰ π. Th.4.2

    ;

    ἐς μέσον Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ π. Hdt.3.80

    ; οἱ ἐν τοῖς π. those who are in power or office, Th.3.28, D.9.56, Arist.Pol. 1307b10;

    οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς π. ὄντες D.9.2

    ;

    οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν π. Id.18.247

    , cf. Plb.3.69.4, LXX 1 Ma.3.32; [full] ἐν

    τυραννίδι καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ πράγμασι Plu.2.150c

    ; τριῶν ἀνδρῶν δημοσίων π. ἀποκαταστάσεως, = Lat. triumvir reipublicae constituendae, Sammelb. 4224.2 (i B. C.);

    κοινωνοὶ τῶν π. X.HG2.3.17

    ;

    νεώτερα π.

     innovations,

    Lys.13.6

    , Isoc.7.59, etc., cf. Hdt.5.19; but εὐνούστατος τοῖς π. a friend to things as they are, Lys.12.65.
    3 fortunes, cause, circumstances, Hdt.7.236, 237;

    κοινὰ π. E.IT 1062

    ;

    τέρας γὰρ ὁ βίος καὶ τὰ π. ἐστί μου Id.Hel. 260

    ;

    ἔρρει τἀμὰ π. X.Smp.1.15

    , cf. E.Alc. 280: τὰ π. alone, one's all, one's fortunes,

    ἐν ᾧπέρ ἐστι πάντα μοι τὰ π. Ar.Ach. 474

    ; = κτήματα, Hp. ( Lex5?) ap.Erot.: in sg.,

    φαῦλον γὰρ ἂν εἴη τὸ ἐμὸν π. Pl.Hp.Ma. 286e

    , cf. Cri. 53d, Ap. 42a.
    4 business, esp. lawbusiness,

    πρός τινα Antipho 6.12

    , Th.1.128;

    οὔτε ἐμαυτοῦ οὔτε ἀλλότρια π. πράξας Lys.12.3

    ;

    δικῶν γὰρ οὐ δέομ' οὐδὲ πραγμάτων Ar.V. 1426

    ;

    πράγματα κἀντιγραφάς Id.Nu. 471

     : metaph. in sg., πονηρὸν τὸ π. ἔχειν to have a bad case, Arist.Rh. 1415b22.
    5 in bad sense, trouble, annoyance,

    ἁπάντων αἰτίους τῶν π. Ar.Ach. 310

    ; πρήγματα ἔχειν, c. part., to have trouble about a thing, Hdt.7.147, cf. Pl.Tht. 174b, etc.;

    π. ἔχειν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ X.Cyr.1.3.4

    , etc.;

    π. λαμβάνειν Id.Lac.2.9

    ; π. παρέχειν τινί to cause one trouble, Hdt.1.155, Ar.Pl.20, al.: c. inf., cause one the trouble of doing, Pl.Phd. 115a, X.Cyr.4.5.46, Ar.V. 313;

    πραγμάτων.. ἀπαλλαγείς Id.Ach. 269

     (lyr.), cf. Pl.Ap. 41d, R. 406e; ἄνευ πραγμάτων, σὺν πράγμασι, D.1.20, X.An.6.3.6: less freq.in sg.,

    μηδὲν πρῆγμα παρέχειν Hdt.7.239

    .

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  • 36 ψεύδω

    ψεύδω, S.Ant. 389, etc.: [tense] fut.
    A

    ψεύσω Id.OC 628

    , X.Cyr.1.5.13: [tense] aor.

    ἔψευσα A.Pers. 472

    , Plb.18.11.11, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

    ψευσθήσομαι S.Tr. 712

    , Gal.15.143: [tense] aor.

    ἐψεύσθην Hdt.1.141

    , etc.: [tense] pf. ἔψευσμαι (v. infr.); imper.

    ἐψεύσθω Aeschin.1.162

    :—cheat by lies, beguile, τινα S.OC 628, etc.:—[voice] Pass., to be cheated, deceived, A.Ch. 759, etc.; εἰ μὴ πολύ γε ἔψευσμαι unless I am much deceived, Antipho 3.2.1.
    2 c. gen., cheat, balk, disappoint one of a thing,

    ψεύσει σ' ὁδοῦ τῆσδ' ἐλπίς E.Hec. 1031

    ;

    ἔψευσας φρενῶν Πέρσας A.Pers. 472

    ;

    μὴ ψεῦσον Ζεῦ τῆς ἐπιούσης ἐλπίδος Ar.Th. 870

    ;

    πιστεύω.. μὴ ψεύσειν με.. τὰς ἐλπίδας X.Cyr.1.5.13

    ;

    πόλλ' ἐλπίδες ψεύδουσι καὶ λόγοι βροτούς E.Fr. 650

    :—[voice] Pass., to be cheated balked, disappointed, τινος of a thing, ψευσθῆναι ἐλπίδος, γάμου, Hdt.1.141, 5.47;

    ἐνάρων S.Aj. 178

    (lyr.);

    δείπνου Ar.Nu. 618

     (troch.); ψευσθέντες τῶν σκοπῶν disappointed of receiving tidings from the scouts, Th.8.103.
    3 in [voice] Pass., also, to be deceived, mistaken in or about a thing, ἐψευσμένοι γνώμης deceived in their judgement, mistaken in opinion, Hdt.8.40, cf. S.Tr. 712 (also

    ψευσθῆναι γνώμῃ Hdt.7.9

    .γ) ; ἐψευσμένοι τῆς Ἀθηναίων δυνάμεως deceived or mistaken in their notions of the Athenian power, Th.4.108; πολλῶν ἐψεύσθητε τῆς οὐσίας you have often had a mistaken idea of a man's wealth, Lys.19.45;

    τούτου οὐκ ἐψεύσθην Pl.Ap. 22d

    ;

    ἐψεῦσθαι τῆς ἀληθείας Id.R. 413a

    ;

    τῆς ὥρας And.1.38

    ;

    ἐψευσμένοι τῶν ὄντων Pl.Tht. 195a

    ; ἐψεῦσθαι ἑαυτῶν, opp. εἰδέναι ἑαυτούς, X.Mem.4.2.26; also

    ψευσθῆναι ἔν τισι Hdt.9.48

    ;

    περί τινος X.An.2.6.28

    , Pl.Prt. 358c: also c. acc.,

    ἐψεύσθη τοῦτο X.An.1.8.11

    , etc.; αὐτοὺς ἐψευσμένη ἡ Ἑλλάς deceived in its estimate of them, Th.6.17 (where αὐτοὺς is prob. corrupt, and shd. perh. be omitted): c. acc. cogn., εὐτυχέστατον ψεῦσμα ἐψευσμένος most happily deceived or mistaken, Pl.Men. 71d: more rarely in [voice] Act., καί μ' ἔψευσας ἐλπίδος πολύ thou hast much belied my expectation, i.e. turned out better than I feared, S.Aj. 1382.
    4 of statements, to be untrue, ἡ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν μάλιστα ἔψευσται the third mode of explanation is most untrue, most mistaken, Hdt.2.22.
    II c. acc. rei, like ψευδοποιέω 11, represent a thing as a lie, falsify,

    ψεύδοντες οὐδὲν σῆμα τῶν προκειμένων S.OC 1512

     (prob. for σημάτων) ; ψεύδει ἡ πίνοια τὴν γνώμην afterthought gives opinion the lie, Id.Ant. 389:— [voice] Pass., ἢν τάδε ψευσθῇ λέγων if his word prove (lit. be proved) false, Id.Ph. 1342; ἡ ψευσθεῖσα ὑπόσχεσις the promise broken, Th.3.66;

    πάντα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔψευσται

     have been falsely reported,

    D.52.23

    ; in E.Andr. 346 for ἀλλὰ ψεύσεται it will be falsely said, Porson's correction ἐψεύσεται is probable ( πεύσεται Kiehl).
    B earlier and more common [full] ψεύδομαι, imper.

    ψεύδεο Il.4.404

     (the [voice] Act. is very rare in [dialect] Att. Prose): [tense] fut.

    ψεύσομαι Hom.

    , Pi., [dialect] Att.: aor ἐψευσάμην, v. infr.: [tense] fut. 2 ἐψεύσομαι ( will have made a false statement) Gal.15.137(s. v.l.): [tense] pf.

    ἔψευσμαι X.An.1.3.10

    .
    I abs., lie, speak false, play false,

    ψεύσομαι ἦ ἔτυμον ἐρέω; Il.10.534

    , Od.4.140;

    οὐκ οἶδα ψεύδεσθαι h.Merc. 369

    ;

    οὐ ψεύσομ' ἀμφὶ Κορίνθῳ Pi.O.13.52

    ;

    περί τινος Pl.Prt. 347a

    ; ψ. κατά τινος, opp. λέγειν τἀληθῆ κατά τινος, Id.Euthd. 284a, Lys.22.7;

    ψ. πρός τινα X.An.1.3.5

    ;

    ψ. τινι Act.Ap. 5.4

     and

    εἴς τινα Ep.Col.3.9

    .
    2 c. inf., say falsely, pretend that.., Plu.2.506d.
    3 c. acc. rei, say that which is untrue, whether intentionally or not,

    τοῦτό γ' οὐκ ἐψεύσατο Ar.Ec. 445

    ;

    οὐδὲν αὐτῶν ψεύδεται Id.Ach. 561

    ;

    κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον, φάσκειν ἔμ' ἤδη μαντικῇ μηδὲν φρονεῖν S.OT 461

    ;

    ἐάν τι μὴ ἀληθὲς λέγω.., εἰπὲ ὅτι τοῦτο ψεύδομαι· ἑκὼν γὰρ εἶναι οὐδὲν ψεύσομαι Pl.Smp. 214e

    , cf. X.Mem.4.2.19;

    περὶ ὧν ἔψευσται διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς Lys.3.21

    .
    4 to be false or faithless, to be perjured or forsworn, Hes.Op. 283.
    5 ὁ ψευδόμενος, the Liar, name of a fallacy or logical puzzle invented by Eubulides, a disciple of Euclides of Megara, Thphr. ap. D.L.2.108, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.92 ( ψευδόμενος is an interpolation in

    ὁ σοφιστικὸς λόγος ψ. Arist.EN 1146a22

    ).
    II like [voice] Act. 11, belie, falsify, ὅρκια ψεύσασθαι break them, Il.7.352; so

    συνθήκας ψ. X.Ages.1.12

    ;

    γάμους E.Ba. 31

    , 245; so in [tense] plpf.,

    ἔψευστο τὴν ξυμμαχίαν Th.5.83

    ; so also οὐκ ἐψεύσαντο τὰς ἀπειλάς they did not belie, i.e. they made good, their threats, Hdt.6.32; τὰ χρήματα.. ἐψευσμένοι ἦσαν had broken their word about the money, X.An.5.6.35.
    III like [voice] Act. 1, deceive by lies, cheat,

    Αοξίαν ἐψευσάμην A.Ag. 1208

    , cf. X.HG3.1.25; also ψ. τινά τι deceive one in a thing, S.OC 1145, E.Alc. 808; ἅπερ αὐτὸν οὐ ψεύσομαι and therein I will not disappoint him (ironical), i.e. I will carry out my threat, And.1.123; τῶν ἔργων ὧν ἂν τὸν ἐκδόντα ψεύσηται (ὧν being in gen. by attraction) Pl.Lg. 921a.
    IV of combinations of words, make a false statement, Arist.Int. 16a3.

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  • 37 HUGSA

    * * *
    (að), v. to think, think upon; hugsat hefi ek kostinn, I have thought over the terms; hugsa eptir um e-t, to consider; h. e-t fyrir sér, to ponder over, reflect upon; h. um e-t, to think about; h. sik um e-t, to take counsel with oneself about a thing, consider.
    * * *
    að, [early Dan. hugse, mod. huske = to remember; for the mod. Dan. tænke and also Icel. þenkja were borrowed from the German, and do not occur until the time of the Reformation]:—to think:
    I. absol. to think; því hefir oss þat gefit verit at hugsa, Dipl. ii. 14; þó at eigi megi auga sjá eðr eyra heyra né engi manns hugr hugsa, hversu …, Fms. i. 229; h. til Guðs, Stj. 138; þeir hugsuðu hví þat mundi gegna, Edda (pref.); ek vissa hvat Símon hugsaði, Post. 656 C. 28.
    II. with acc. to think out, Lat. excogitare; ek mun hugsa yðr konung, Stj. 441; hugsaðu vandliga hvar hann liggr, 424; hugsat hefi ek kostinn, Nj. 3: to intend, þér hugsuðut mér íllt, Stj. 239; sagði at hann hafi þat helzt hugsat, Fms. i. 83: h. sik, to bethink oneself, ii. 133, Karl. 15, Bs. ii. 121.
    2. with prepp.; h. sik um e-t, to take counsel with oneself (um-hugsan); h. sik fyrir, to have forethought, ponder over, Fms. xi. 442; h. fyrir sér, to ponder over, vii. 88, 289; h. um e-t, to think about a thing, Stj. 423, passim; h. eptir um e-t, Fms. x. 6.
    III. reflex., hugsaðisk honum svá til, at …, Fms. vii. 88; e-m hugsast e-t, a thing occurs to one’s mind.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > HUGSA

  • 38 hyggja

    I)
    (hygg, hugða, hugðr and hugaðr), v.
    1) to think, believe;
    hugðu þó mjök sér hvárir-tveggju, they were of different opinions;
    fár hyggr þegjanda þörf, few can guess the needs of him that is silent;
    3) to intend, purpose (sóknargögn þau, er hann hugði fram at fœra);
    mæla fagrt, ok flátt hyggja, to speak fair and mean false;
    mæla hugat (af hugðu), to speak sincerely;
    4) hyggja e-m e-t, to intend a thing for one, to have in store for one (þóttist þann vita, at honum mundi slíkr kostr hugaðr);
    hyggja e-u illa, to be ill pleased with;
    ok munu þau vel hyggja ( they will be glad), er þau hafa akrinn;
    5) with preps.:
    hyggja af e-u, to leave off thinking about, forget or drop (hyggja af harmi, heimsku);
    hyggja af um leitina, to give up the search;
    hyggja at e-u, to attend to, mind, look at;
    konungr hugði vandliga at manninum, the king looked closely at the man;
    hyggja á e-t, to think of (hyggja á flótta);
    ef hann á grið hygði, if he thought of any breach of faith;
    hyggja fyrir e-u, to look to, take heed to (hygg nú svá fyrir hag þínum);
    hyggja til e-s, to look forward to with pleasure, etc. (hversu hyggr þú til at deyja? gott hygg ek til bana míns);
    hyggja um e-t, to think about a thing;
    6) refl., hyggjast, to think;
    hyggst þú betr gøra munu? thinkst thou thou canst do it better? hyggjast fyrir, to hesitate;
    hyggst vætr hvatr fyrir, a valiant man flinches for nought.
    f. thought, mind, opinion.
    * * *
    u, f. thought, mind, opinion; h. ok hugleiðing, MS. 4. 7; at sinni hyggju, N. G. L. ii. 173; Guðleg h., Róm. 308: understanding, mannleg h., Stj.; fyrr fullkominn at hyggju en vetra-tölu, Ld. 18: á-hyggja, care, anxiety; fyrir-h., forethought; van-h., want of forethought; um-hyggja, concern.
    COMPDS: hyggjulauss, hyggjuleysi.

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  • 39 molior

    mōlĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.;

    syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32:

    agam per me ipse et moliar,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:

    horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.—
    B.
    To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart:

    molientem hinc Hannibalem,

    Liv. 28, 44:

    dum naves moliuntur a terra,

    id. 37, 11:

    in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes,

    Tac. H. 2, 35.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).
    1.
    Nihil enim agit (vita deorum),... nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

    res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri,

    Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17:

    agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro,

    i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17;

    11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva,

    Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5:

    Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur,

    Curt. 6, 8, 20:

    habenas,

    to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327:

    fulmina molitur dextrā,

    hurls, id. G. 1, 329:

    ignem,

    id. A. 10, 131:

    opera,

    to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2:

    aliquid sub divo moliri potest,

    id. 1, 8, 9.—
    2.
    To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.:

    deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede,

    displaces, Liv. 9, 3:

    corpora ex somno moliebantur,

    aroused, id. 36, 24, 3:

    onera objecta,

    id. 25, 36.—
    3.
    To build, make, erect, construct (syn.:

    condo, fundo, construo): muros,

    to build, Verg. A. 3, 132:

    classem,

    id. ib. 3, 6:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 1, 424:

    atrium,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

    aedem,

    Flor. 1, 7:

    locum,

    prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158:

    pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum,

    to construct, make, Sol. 15.—
    B.
    Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.:

    aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso,

    performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    viam clipei molita per oras,

    made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477:

    inde datum molitur iter,

    id. ib. 6, 477:

    jamque alio moliris iter,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 61:

    viam et gressus,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one's self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119:

    laborem,

    to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233:

    struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui,

    to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178:

    fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri,

    id. Sest. 1, 1:

    pestem patriae nefarie,

    id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

    perniciem rei publicae,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271:

    crimina et accusatorem,

    to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22:

    triumphos,

    Ov. M. 14, 719:

    fugam,

    Verg. A. 2, 109:

    moram,

    to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414:

    opem extremam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 6, 431:

    dolos apertos,

    to devise, id. 5, 249:

    bellum in animo,

    to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46:

    Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur,

    Just. 2, 15, 1:

    mundum efficere moliens deus,

    attempting, Cic. Univ. 4:

    fallere,

    Val. Fl. 3, 491:

    de occupando regno moliens,

    striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

    nuptias,

    to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3:

    apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.,

    are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

    tumorem,

    Col. 6, 17:

    vorandi facultatem,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    fidem moliri coepit,

    began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > molior

  • 40 Д-194

    В ДИКОВИНКУ (В ДИКОВИНУ) coll PrepP these forms only subj-compl with copula)
    1. - (кому) ( subj: abstr, concr, human, or infin) a person (thing etc) is unusual, surprising to s.o.: X Y-y в диковинку = Y has never seen anything like X before
    thing X surprises Y Y is surprised at thing X
    Neg X Y-y не в диковинку - thing X is nothing new (unusual) to Y
    there is nothing surprising (unusual) about X thing X is not unusual with Y thing X comes as no surprise (to Y) thing X is by no means uncommon (in limited contexts) X is (such things etc are) not unknown thing X won't take Y by surprise.
    ...Этот парень ей (Рахили) в диковинку. Не только потому, что он из Швейцарии, она об этой Швейцарии понятия не имела, просто она никогда не видела, чтобы еврейский парень был голубоглазый блондин... (Рыбаков 1). She (Rachel) had never seen anything like this boy before It wasn't only that he came from Switzerland, which didn't mean anything to her, anyway, but she had never seen a Jewish boy with fair hair and blue eyes... (1a).
    (Грекова:) Вы так привыкли к разного рода резкостям, что мои слова едва ли будут вам в диковинку... (Чехов 1). (G:) You're so used to all kinds of rudeness, I doubt if what I say will surprise you at all (1b).
    Матросы всюду матросы... Хороший шторм им не в диковину (Эренбург 2). A sailor is always а sailor....A good storm is nothing new to him (2a).
    Что Ноздрев лгун отъявленный, это было известно всем, и вовсе не было в диковинку слышать от него решительную бессмыслицу... (Гоголь 3). That Nozdrev was an archliar was a fact known to all, and there was nothing surprising in hearing him tell the wildest fabrications... (3c). That Nozdryov was an inveterate liar was a fact they all knew and it was nothing unusual to hear him talk the most absurd nonsense... (3a).
    .В первую минуту гнева (Троекуров) хотел было со всеми своими дворовыми учинить нападение на Кистенёвку... Таковые подвиги были ему не в диковину (Пушкин 1)...In the first moment of anger (Troekurov) wanted to gather all his men and fall upon Kistenevka....Such exploits were not unusual with him (1a).
    ...На базаре откуда-то появился в продаже спирт, и уже не в диковинку было видеть в те дни пьяных... офицеров (Шолохов 3)....Illicitly distilled spirits appeared on sale at the markets and it was by no means an uncommon sight to see drunken officers...in the streets (3a).
    Случались кое-где ограбления, изнасилования, но во время войны в любых войсках такое не в диковинку... (Копелев 1). There were a few robberies and rapes, but in wartime in any army such incidents are not unknown (1a).
    2. ( subj: any common noun, often animal) a person (thing etc) is an uncommon phenomenon
    rare thing
    rarity oddity.

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