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1 Begging
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Begging
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2 beggar
noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) ζητιάνος -
3 scrounge
(to get by begging from someone else: May I scrounge some coffee?) κάνω τράκα,σελεμίζω -
4 supplicant
(a person begging humbly and earnestly eg for mercy.) -
5 tramp
[træmp] 1. verb1) (to walk with heavy footsteps: He tramped up the stairs.) περπατώ βαριά2) (to walk usually for a long distance: She loves tramping over the hills.) πεζοπορώ2. noun1) (a person with no fixed home or job, who travels around on foot and usually lives by begging: He gave his old coat to a tramp.) αλήτης2) (a long walk.) πεζοπορία3) (the sound of heavy footsteps.) ποδοβολητό4) ((also tramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route.) φορτηγό πλοίο5) ((American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men.) πόρνη, τσούλα -
6 Connive at
v.Begging ( them) not to connive at their destruction: P. δεόμενοι μὴ σφᾶς περιορᾶν φθειρομένους (Thuc. 1, 24).He privily begets sons add connives at their death: V. παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρα θνήσκοντας ἀμελεῖ (Eur., Ion, 438).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Connive at
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7 Refuse
v. trans.Decline: P. and V. οὐ δέχεσθαι, ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), παρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, ἀναίνεσθαι (Dem. and Plat. but rare P.), ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dem. 319), ἀπαρνεῖσθαι (Thuc. 6, 56), Ar. and P. οὐκ ἀποδέχεσθαι; see also Reject.Refuse an invitation: P. ἐπαινεῖν (acc.) (Xen.). cf. Ar., Ran. 508).Refuse to give: P. and V. φθονεῖν (gen. V. also acc.).Lo I stretch forth my hand and nothing shall be refused: V. ἰδοὺ προτείνω, κουδὲν ἀντειρήσεται (Soph., Trach. 1184).The ship shall take you and shall not be refused: V. ἡ ναῦς γὰρ ἄξει κοὐκ ἀπαρνηθήσεται (Soph., Phil. 527).Do not refuse when we are begging our first favour: P. μὴ... ἡμῶν τήν γε πρώτην αἰτησάντων χάριν ἀπαρνηθεὶς γένῃ (Plat., Soph. 217C).Do not refuse to answer me this: P. μὴ φθόνει μοι ἀποκρίνασθαι τοῦτο (Plat., Gorg. 489A).Come to my house early to-morrow and don't refuse: P. αὔριον ἕωθεν ἀφίκου οἴκαδε καὶ μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς (Plat., Lach. 201B; cf. Ar., Av. 133).——————subs.Used met., of persons: Ar. and P. κάθαρμα, τό, περίτριμμα, τό.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Refuse
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