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21 Stephenson, George
[br]b. 9 June 1781 Wylam, Northumberland, Englandd. 12 August 1848 Tapton House, Chesterfield, England[br]English engineer, "the father of railways".[br]George Stephenson was the son of the fireman of the pumping engine at Wylam colliery, and horses drew wagons of coal along the wooden rails of the Wylam wagonway past the house in which he was born and spent his earliest childhood. While still a child he worked as a cowherd, but soon moved to working at coal pits. At 17 years of age he showed sufficient mechanical talent to be placed in charge of a new pumping engine, and had already achieved a job more responsible than that of his father. Despite his position he was still illiterate, although he subsequently learned to read and write. He was largely self-educated.In 1801 he was appointed Brakesman of the winding engine at Black Callerton pit, with responsibility for lowering the miners safely to their work. Then, about two years later, he became Brakesman of a new winding engine erected by Robert Hawthorn at Willington Quay on the Tyne. Returning collier brigs discharged ballast into wagons and the engine drew the wagons up an inclined plane to the top of "Ballast Hill" for their contents to be tipped; this was one of the earliest applications of steam power to transport, other than experimentally.In 1804 Stephenson moved to West Moor pit, Killingworth, again as Brakesman. In 1811 he demonstrated his mechanical skill by successfully modifying a new and unsatisfactory atmospheric engine, a task that had defeated the efforts of others, to enable it to pump a drowned pit clear of water. The following year he was appointed Enginewright at Killingworth, in charge of the machinery in all the collieries of the "Grand Allies", the prominent coal-owning families of Wortley, Liddell and Bowes, with authorization also to work for others. He built many stationary engines and he closely examined locomotives of John Blenkinsop's type on the Kenton \& Coxlodge wagonway, as well as those of William Hedley at Wylam.It was in 1813 that Sir Thomas Liddell requested George Stephenson to build a steam locomotive for the Killingworth wagonway: Blucher made its first trial run on 25 July 1814 and was based on Blenkinsop's locomotives, although it lacked their rack-and-pinion drive. George Stephenson is credited with building the first locomotive both to run on edge rails and be driven by adhesion, an arrangement that has been the conventional one ever since. Yet Blucher was far from perfect and over the next few years, while other engineers ignored the steam locomotive, Stephenson built a succession of them, each an improvement on the last.During this period many lives were lost in coalmines from explosions of gas ignited by miners' lamps. By observation and experiment (sometimes at great personal risk) Stephenson invented a satisfactory safety lamp, working independently of the noted scientist Sir Humphry Davy who also invented such a lamp around the same time.In 1817 George Stephenson designed his first locomotive for an outside customer, the Kilmarnock \& Troon Railway, and in 1819 he laid out the Hetton Colliery Railway in County Durham, for which his brother Robert was Resident Engineer. This was the first railway to be worked entirely without animal traction: it used inclined planes with stationary engines, self-acting inclined planes powered by gravity, and locomotives.On 19 April 1821 Stephenson was introduced to Edward Pease, one of the main promoters of the Stockton \& Darlington Railway (S \& DR), which by coincidence received its Act of Parliament the same day. George Stephenson carried out a further survey, to improve the proposed line, and in this he was assisted by his 18-year-old son, Robert Stephenson, whom he had ensured received the theoretical education which he himself lacked. It is doubtful whether either could have succeeded without the other; together they were to make the steam railway practicable.At George Stephenson's instance, much of the S \& DR was laid with wrought-iron rails recently developed by John Birkinshaw at Bedlington Ironworks, Morpeth. These were longer than cast-iron rails and were not brittle: they made a track well suited for locomotives. In June 1823 George and Robert Stephenson, with other partners, founded a firm in Newcastle upon Tyne to build locomotives and rolling stock and to do general engineering work: after its Managing Partner, the firm was called Robert Stephenson \& Co.In 1824 the promoters of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway (L \& MR) invited George Stephenson to resurvey their proposed line in order to reduce opposition to it. William James, a wealthy land agent who had become a visionary protagonist of a national railway network and had seen Stephenson's locomotives at Killingworth, had promoted the L \& MR with some merchants of Liverpool and had carried out the first survey; however, he overreached himself in business and, shortly after the invitation to Stephenson, became bankrupt. In his own survey, however, George Stephenson lacked the assistance of his son Robert, who had left for South America, and he delegated much of the detailed work to incompetent assistants. During a devastating Parliamentary examination in the spring of 1825, much of his survey was shown to be seriously inaccurate and the L \& MR's application for an Act of Parliament was refused. The railway's promoters discharged Stephenson and had their line surveyed yet again, by C.B. Vignoles.The Stockton \& Darlington Railway was, however, triumphantly opened in the presence of vast crowds in September 1825, with Stephenson himself driving the locomotive Locomotion, which had been built at Robert Stephenson \& Co.'s Newcastle works. Once the railway was at work, horse-drawn and gravity-powered traffic shared the line with locomotives: in 1828 Stephenson invented the horse dandy, a wagon at the back of a train in which a horse could travel over the gravity-operated stretches, instead of trotting behind.Meanwhile, in May 1826, the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway had successfully obtained its Act of Parliament. Stephenson was appointed Engineer in June, and since he and Vignoles proved incompatible the latter left early in 1827. The railway was built by Stephenson and his staff, using direct labour. A considerable controversy arose c. 1828 over the motive power to be used: the traffic anticipated was too great for horses, but the performance of the reciprocal system of cable haulage developed by Benjamin Thompson appeared in many respects superior to that of contemporary locomotives. The company instituted a prize competition for a better locomotive and the Rainhill Trials were held in October 1829.Robert Stephenson had been working on improved locomotive designs since his return from America in 1827, but it was the L \& MR's Treasurer, Henry Booth, who suggested the multi-tubular boiler to George Stephenson. This was incorporated into a locomotive built by Robert Stephenson for the trials: Rocket was entered by the three men in partnership. The other principal entrants were Novelty, entered by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson, and Sans Pareil, entered by Timothy Hackworth, but only Rocket, driven by George Stephenson, met all the organizers' demands; indeed, it far surpassed them and demonstrated the practicability of the long-distance steam railway. With the opening of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway in 1830, the age of railways began.Stephenson was active in many aspects. He advised on the construction of the Belgian State Railway, of which the Brussels-Malines section, opened in 1835, was the first all-steam railway on the European continent. In England, proposals to link the L \& MR with the Midlands had culminated in an Act of Parliament for the Grand Junction Railway in 1833: this was to run from Warrington, which was already linked to the L \& MR, to Birmingham. George Stephenson had been in charge of the surveys, and for the railway's construction he and J.U. Rastrick were initially Principal Engineers, with Stephenson's former pupil Joseph Locke under them; by 1835 both Stephenson and Rastrick had withdrawn and Locke was Engineer-in-Chief. Stephenson remained much in demand elsewhere: he was particularly associated with the construction of the North Midland Railway (Derby to Leeds) and related lines. He was active in many other places and carried out, for instance, preliminary surveys for the Chester \& Holyhead and Newcastle \& Berwick Railways, which were important links in the lines of communication between London and, respectively, Dublin and Edinburgh.He eventually retired to Tapton House, Chesterfield, overlooking the North Midland. A man who was self-made (with great success) against colossal odds, he was ever reluctant, regrettably, to give others their due credit, although in retirement, immensely wealthy and full of honour, he was still able to mingle with people of all ranks.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, on its formation in 1847. Order of Leopold (Belgium) 1835. Stephenson refused both a knighthood and Fellowship of the Royal Society.Bibliography1815, jointly with Ralph Dodd, British patent no. 3,887 (locomotive drive by connecting rods directly to the wheels).1817, jointly with William Losh, British patent no. 4,067 (steam springs for locomotives, and improvements to track).Further ReadingL.T.C.Rolt, 1960, George and Robert Stephenson, Longman (the best modern biography; includes a bibliography).S.Smiles, 1874, The Lives of George and Robert Stephenson, rev. edn, London (although sycophantic, this is probably the best nineteenthcentury biography).PJGR -
22 quam
quam (archaic form quamde or quande:B.quamde pro quam usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum Ennius... et Lucretius (1, 640),
Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, too, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.), adv. [qui], in what manner, how, how much, as much as:quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando! quam nihil tamen, quod tibi placeat, explicas!
Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:ut se accusari nolunt! quam cupiunt laudari!
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:quam multa, quam paucis!
id. Fam. 11, 24, 1:quam sint morosi, intellegi potest,
id. ib. 7, 15, 1:quam vellet, cunctaretur,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:memoriā tenetis, quam valde universi admurmurarint,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:quam quisque potest,
as much as each one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75:quam potuit,
as far as he was able, Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With possum and a sup.:concede huc ab isto, quam potest longissime,
as far as possible, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81:quam possunt mollissime,
as gently as possible, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also without possum:quam maximas, quam primum, quam saepissime gratias agere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5:ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With posit. (post-Aug.):tum Manlius... quam poterat clarā voce denuntiavit,
Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1:dixi de philosophiā quam breviter potui,
Lact. 3, 17, 1:tusa cribrataque vino, quam possit excellenti,
as excellent as possible, Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—In dependent clauses, indirect questions, etc.:II.est fidei nostrae, declarare, quam memores simus,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:scio, quam timida sit ambitio,
id. Mil. 16, 42:quam id ratum sit, tu judicabis,
id. Att. 6, 1, 7:id quam injustum esset, non videbat,
id. Off. 3, 21, 82:dici non potest quam sim disputatione tuā delectatus,
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98:videte quam iniqui sint,
Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9:ut sentias quam vile sit corpus,
Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—In partic.A.In comparisons, as, than.1.With tam:2.tam ego ante fui liber, quam gnatus tuos,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11:si era me sciat tam socordem esse quam sum,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 5:tua est imago: tam consimilis est, quam potest,
id. Men. 5, 9, 4:tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,
Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—With ellipsis of corresp. tam:3.homo non, quam isti sunt, gloriosus,
not so celebrated as those, Liv. 35, 49:claris majoribus, quam vetustis,
rather than, Tac. A. 4, 61.—With sup. and a corresp. tam, by how much the more, the more: quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the better will be the oil, Cato, R. R. 65, 1:4.quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9:quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est,
Sall. J. 31, 14.—With magis:5.quam magis... tam magis,
the more... the more, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,
Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the second magis omitted:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.—In the reverse order: tam magis... quam magis,
the more... the more, Verg. A. 7, 787. —With tanto:6.quam magis... tanto magis,
the more... the more, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—With a double comp.:7.ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, quam verius,
with more freedom than truth, Cic. Mil. 29, 78:non acrior quam pertinacior impetus Romanorum,
Liv. 31, 35:discrimen me occupavit, meliore hostium quam meo tempore,
Curt. 7, 7, 9.—Tam... quam, with the comp. for the posit., so... as:8.per dexteram te istam oro non tam in bellis et proeliis, quam in promissis et fide firmiorem,
Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—After comparatives or words of comparison, than:9.nobis nihil est tlmendum magis quam ille consul,
Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3:his igitur, quam physicis potius credendum existimas?
id. Div. 2, 16, 37; Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62:majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:qui plures milites eorum occidisset, quam quot superessent,
Liv. 35, 12.—So after verbs which imply comparison, verbs of preference, excellence, etc.; after praestat, Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; after malo:esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:an est quod ego malim quam?
Cic. Par. 1; after statuo, Nep. Dat. 8, 1; after probo, Tac. A. 1, 58; after volo ( = boulomai ê), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely quantus is used to strengthen quam, after comp.:de re majore quam quanta ea esset,
Liv. 30, 23, 2:implere homines certioris spei, quam quantam fides promissi humani subicere solet,
id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.;22, 2, 19.— But quam is often omitted after plus, minus, amplius, etc., without changing the case: minus duo milia hominum effugerunt,
Liv. 24, 16, 4:plus partem dimidiam hominum caesam,
id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2:cum decem haud plus milibus militum,
id. 28, 1, 5:ut hoc nostrum desiderium ne plus sit annuum,
Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1:ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—With sic ( poet.):10. 11.quam multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus heros pulsat, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—After contra, otherwise... than, not so... as:12.contra faciunt, quam professi sunt,
Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So after secus:ne me secus honore honestes quam ego te,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —After alius, with a preceding negative, not otherwise than, no other than:13.nil aliud agens quam ut, etc.,
nothing else than, Liv. 44, 27, 12:neque aliud totā urbe agi quam bellum apparari,
id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1:ob nullam aliam causam, quam ne,
from no other cause than, Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely with alius affirmatively (for ac):ipse me paulum in aliā quam prius habuerim opinione nunc esse confiteor,
Quint. 3, 6, 63. —After aliter, otherwise than:14. 15. 16.ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24:ne aliter quam si, etc.,
Col. 4, 2, 2.—After diversum, otherwise than:17.pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,
something altogether different from what, Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., after advorsum, only Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—After words denoting number or quantity, which serve for comparison: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, populo Romano pendere, the half of what, half as much as, Liv. 45, 18:18.multiplex, quam pro numero, damnum est,
too great for, greater than, id. 7, 8:ferramenta duplicia, quam numerus servorum exigit,
twice as many as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, too, after designations of time:die vigesimā, quam creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit,
on the twentieth day after, Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt post diem sextum, quam a vobis discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:postridie venissemus, quam... fuissemus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9:postero die quam illa erant acta,
id. de Or. 2, 3, 12:saeculis multis ante... inventa sunt, quam, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —After the sup.:19.bellum gerere cum tyranno, quam qui unquam, saevissimo et violentissimo in suos,
the most cruel that ever was, Liv. 34, 32.—So with rel. and sup. after tam:20.tam gratum mihi id erit, quam quod gratissimum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3:tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime,
id. ib. 5, 2, 6:ego sum tam mitis, quam qui lenissimus,
id. Sull. 31, 87.—Sometimes with magis or potius to be supplied, more... than:B.tacita mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.:pacem quam bellum probabam,
Tac. A. 1, 58. —In mere intensive expressions, exceedingly, very, quite, indeed:admodum quam saevos est,
very cruel indeed, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:nimis quam formido, ne, etc.,
id. Most. 2, 2, 79:nimis quam cupio,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 17:quam familiariter,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, very few indeed, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:mire quam,
Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3:sane quam refrixit,
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23 κρείσσων
κρείσσων, ον, gen. ονος, as always in [dialect] Ep. and old [dialect] Att.; later [dialect] Att. [full] κρείττων; [dialect] Ion. [full] κρέσσων Hp.Fract.3, al., v.l. in Dionys.Trag. (v. infr. 11); [dialect] Dor. [full] κάρρων (q.v.); Cret. [full] κάρτων Leg.Gort.1.15:—[comp] Comp. of κρατύς (v. κράτιστος),A stronger, mightier,κ. βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ Il.1.80
; esp. in battle,κρείσσοσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι 21.486
;Διὸς κ. νόος ἠέ περ ἀνδρῶν 16.688
;κεραυνοῦ κρέσσον.. βέλος Pi.I.8(7).36
, cf. Hdt.7.172, Hp.l.c., etc.;κρείσσων χεῖρας Antipho 4.4.7
;τὸ τοῦ κ. συμφέρον Pl.R. 338c
, cf. Democr.267: hence, having the upper hand, superior,ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κ. τε γένηται Il.3.71
;κ. ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε 23.578
: as Law-term, of witnesses, prevail,Leg.Gort.
l.c.2 freq. as [comp] Comp. of ἀγαθός, better, κρέσσονες one's betters, esp. in point of rank, Pi.O.10(11).39, N.10.72 (but also, the stronger, more powerful, E.Or. 710, Th.1.8, etc.); , cf. SIG685.134 (Magn. Mae., ii B. C.); οἱ κ. corps of guards at Thebes, Plu.2.598e; κρείσσονες θεοί, of the greater gods, as opp. to Oceanus, A.Pr. 902 (lyr.);ὁ κ. Ζεύς Id.Ag.60
(anap.); οἱ κ. the Higher Powers, Id.Fr.10, Pl.Sph. 216b, Euthd. 291a, etc.; τὰ κρείσσω, = τὰ θεῖα, E. Ion 973; τὸ κ. the Almighty, Providence, Corp.Herm.18.11, Jul.Ep. 204, Agath.1.16, Procop.Gaz. Pan.p.492; τὰ κρείσσονα one's advantages, .3 c. inf., οὔ τις ἐμεῖο κρείσσων.. δόμεναι no one has a better right to.., Od.21.345;οὐκ ἄλλος κ. παραμυθεῖσθαι Pl. Plt. 268b
; κρεῖσσόν ἐστι c. inf., 'tis better to..,κ. γάρ ἐστιν εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ.. πάσχειν κακῶς A.Pr. 750
, cf. 624, Hdt.3.52, etc.;τὸ μὴ εἶναι κ. ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς S.Fr. 488
, cf. Apollod.Com.6; also κρείσσων εἰμί c. part., κ. γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός thou wert better not alive, than living blind, S.OT 1368, cf. Aj. 635 (lyr.);κ. ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν μὴ γεγενημένος Aeschin.1.192
, cf. D.H.6.9.II c. gen. or ἤ, too great for, surpassing, beyond,ὕψος κ. ἐκπηδήματος A.Ag. 1376
; of evil deeds, κρείσσον' ἀγχόνης too bad for hanging, S.OT 1374; κρεῖσσον δεργμάτων too bad to look on, E.Hipp. 1217; ; λέγετι σιγῆς κρεῖσσον ()ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε Dionys.Trag. 6
;κρείσσον' ἢ λέξαι λόγῳ τολμήματα E.Supp. 844
; κ. ἢ λόγοισιν (sc. εἰπεῖν) Id.IT 837;ἀναρχία κ. πυρός Id.Hec. 608
; πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κ. γεγενημένον worse than one expected, Th.2.64;κ. λόγου τὸ κάλλος X.Mem.3.11.1
;κ. τῆς ἡμετέρας δυνάμεως Id.Cyr.7.5.9
.III having control over, master of, esp. of desires and passions,τῶν ἡδονῶν Democr.214
;τοῦ ἔρωτος X.Cyr.6.1.34
; γαστρὸς καὶ κερδέων ib.4.2.45; αὑτῶν over themselves, Pl.Phdr. 232a, al.; κ. χρημάτων superior to the influence of money, Th.2.60, Isoc.1.19;τῶν συμμάχων κ. X. Ath.2.1
; also, putting oneself above,κ. τοῦ δικαίου Th.3.84
; κρείσσους ὄντες.. τῷ λογισμῷ ἐς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου having reasoned themselves into an absolute belief of the hopelessness of certainty, ib.83; φαύλους καὶ κρείττους τῆς παιδείας, = οὓς παιδευθῆναι ἀδύνατον (just below), Arist.Pol. 1316a9.IV better, more excellent,ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κ. Heraclit.54
;κ. ἐπ' ἀρετήν Democr.181
; ὁ κρείττων λόγος (opp. ὁ ἥσσων) Ar.Nu. 113; κατὰ τὸ κ. in a higher sense, opp. κατὰ τὸ χεῖρον, Dam.Pr.7.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κρείσσων
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24 μεγαίρω
A regard as too great: hence,I grudge one a thing as too great for him,μέγηρε γάρ οἱ τό γ' Ἀπόλλων Il.23.865
; ἐγὼ δέ τοι οὔ τι μεγαίρω Orac. ap. Hdt.1.66.2 c. inf. pro acc. rei, μηδὲ μεγήρῃς ἡμῖν εὐχομένοισι τελευτῆσαι τάδε ἔργα grudge us not the accomplishment.., Od.3.55, cf. h.Merc. 465: c. acc. et inf., μνηστῆρας.. οὔ τι μεγαίρω ἔρδειν ἔργα βίαια I complain not that.., Od.2.235;ὃν οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸς ἀείδειν Φοῖβος.. μεγαίροι Theoc.7.101
: c. inf. only, ἀμφὶ δὲ νεκροῖσιν κατακαιέμεν οὔ τι μεγαίρω I object not to [your] burning them, Il.7.408: with inf. understood, τάων οὔ τοι ἐγὼ πρόσθ' ἵσταμαι, οὐδὲ μεγαίρω (sc. διαπέρσαι) 4.54, cf. Call.Del. 163.3 c. dat. pers. only, feel a grudge towards,Δαναοῖσι μεγήρας Il.15.473
.4 abs., ἢ πὺξ ἠὲ πάλῃ ἢ καὶ ποσίν, οὔ τι μεγαίρω I care not which, Od.8.206.5 c. gen. rei, ἀμενήνωσεν δέ οἱ αἰχμὴν.. Ποσειδάων, βιότοιο μεγήρας Poseidon baffled his spear grudging him the life [of Antilochus, Il.13.563;οὐ μ. τοῦδέ σοι δωρήματος A.Pr. 626
;μοι.. ἐμέγηρε τόκοιο A.R.1.289
.6 [voice] Pass., to be envied, AP9.645.10 (Maced.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μεγαίρω
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25 ترفع عن
تَرَفّعَ عن: تَنَزّهَ عن، أنِفَto be far above, be too great for, be too proud for; to disdain, look down upon -
26 تنزه عن
تَنَزّهَ عن: تَرَفّعَ عن، جَلّ عنto be far above, too great for, too proud for; to disdain, look down upon -
27 جل عن
جَلّ عن: تَرَفّعَ عن، تَنَزّه عنto be far above, be beyond, be too great for, be too proud for; to disdain, look down upon -
28 نبل عن
نَبُلَ عن: تَرَفّعَto be far above, be too great for, be too high-minded for -
29 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) kunne, ville2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) kunne3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) kunne, burde•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) makt, styrke, kraft- mighty- mightily
- mightinessmaktIsubst. \/maɪt\/ ( litterært)1) styrke, kraft2) makt, veldemight makes\/is right makt er rettwith all one's might eller (with) might and main av alle krefter, av all kraftIIverb (pretritum av may) \/maɪt\/ ( hjelpeverb)1) ( uttrykk for mulighet eller tillatelse i indirekte tale) kunne, hadde2) ( i uttrykk for mulighet basert på en betingelse som ikke er oppfylt) ville, hadde (kanskje)• we might have been there now, had we taken the new roadvi hadde kanskje vært der nå, hvis vi hadde tatt den nye veien3) ( i uttrykk for misnøye med at noe ikke ble gjort) kunne, burde• you might have done that for me!• she might at least have waited!4) ( i uttrykk for oppfordring eller anmodning) kunne, ville5) (hverdagslig, uttrykk for mulighet) kan, kunne6) (hverdagslig, om tillatelse) kan, kunne• might I ask a question?7) ville, skulle, måtte, kunnejeg håpet han skulle\/ville lykkes• I changed my seat, so that I might hear betteras quickly as might be så fort som muligas the case might be alt etter omstendighetenewho might you be? og hvem er så du? -
30 κατά
κατά [(A)][ κᾰτᾰ], poet. καταί acc. to A.D.Synt.309.28, found in Compds., as καταιβάτης: Prep. with gen. or acc.:—A downwards.A WITH GEN.,I denoting motion from above, down from, βῆ δὲ κατ' Οὐλύμποιο καρήνων, κατ' Ἰδαίων ὀρέων, βαλέειν κ. πέτρης, Il. 22.187, 16.677, Od.14.399;κατ' οὐρανοῦ εἰλήλουθας Il.6.128
; καθ' ἵππων ἀΐξαντε ib. 232;δάκρυα.. κ. βλεφάρων Χαμάδις ῥέε 17.438
;ἵεις σαυτὸν κ. τοῦ τείχους Ar.V. 355
;ἁλόμενοι κ. τῆς πέτρας X.An.4.2.17
;κ. τῶν πετρῶν ὦσαι Pl.Phdr. 229c
;κ. κρημνῶν ῥιφέντες Id.Lg. 944a
:— for κατ' ἄκρης v. ἄκρα:Μοῖσα κ. στόματος Χέε νέκταρ Theoc.7.82
(but perh. in sense 11.1).1 down upon or over,κ. Χθονὸς ὄμματα πήξας Il.3.217
; of the dying, κατὰ.. ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ' ἀχλύς a cloud settled upon the eyes, 5.696, cf. 20.321;τὸν δὲ κατ' ὀφθαλμῶν.. νὺξ ἐκάλυψεν 13.580
; φᾶρος κὰκ κεφαλῆς εἴρυσσε down over.., Od.8.85; [ κόπρος]κ. σπείους κέχυτο.. πολλή 9.330
; ὕδωρ κ. Χειρός, v. Χείρ; μύρον κ. τῆς κεφαλῆς καταχέαντες Pl.R. 398a;νάρκη μου κ. τῆς Χειρὸς καταχεῖται Ar.V. 713
;κ. τῆς τραπέζης καταπάσας τέφραν Id.Nu. 177
; ξαίνειν κ. τοῦ νώτου πολλὰς [ πληγάς] D.19.197;ἐσκεδασμένοι κ. τῆς Χώρας Plb.1.17.10
;οἱ κ. νώτου πονοῦντες Id.3.19.7
;ῥόπαλον ἤλασα κὰκ κεφαλῆς Theoc.25.256
; κ. κόρρης παίειν, = ἐπὶ κόρρης, Luc.Cat.12, al.b Geom., along, upon, πίπτειν κατ' [ εὐθείας] Archim.Sph.Cyl.1 Def.2; αἱ γωνίαι κ. κύκλων περιφερειῶν ἐνεχθήσονται will move on.., ib.1.23, al., cf. Aristarch.Sam.1.2 down into,νέκταρ στάξε κ. ῥινῶν Il.19.39
; of a dart,κ. γαίης ᾤχετο 13.504
, etc.; ;ψυχὴ κ. Χθονὸς ᾤχετο 23.100
; κ. γᾶς underground, Pi.O.2.59; κατ' ὕδατος under water, Hdt.2.149; [ ποταμὸς]δὺς κ. τῆς γῆς Pl.Phd.
113c, cf. Ti. 25d;κ. γῆς σύμεναι A.Eu. 1007
(anap.); κ. Χθονὸς κρύψαι to bury. S.Ant.24; ὁ κ. γῆς one dead and buried, X.Cyr.4.6.5;οἱ κ. Χθονὸς θεοί A.Pers. 689
, etc.;θεοὶ<οἱ> κ. γᾶς Id.Ch. 475
(lyr.), etc.; so κ. θαλάσσης ἀφανίζεσθαι, καταδεδυκέναι, Hdt.7.6, 235; also βᾶτε κατ' ἀντιθύρων go down by or through.., S.El. 1433.3 later, towards a point, τοξεύειν κ. σκοποῦ to shoot at, Hdn.6.7.8;κατ' ἰχνῶν τινος ὁδεύειν Luc.Rh.Pr.9
.4 of vows or oaths, by,καθ' ἡμῶν ὀμνύναι D.29.26
, cf. 54.38;ἐπιορκήσασα κ. τῶν παίδων Lys.32.13
; esp. of the victims, etc., over which the oath is taken, ὀμνυόντων τὸν ἐπιχώριον ὅρκον καθ' ἱερῶν τελείων Foed. ap. Th.5.47, cf. Arist.Ath.29.5, Foed.Delph.Pell.1A9, etc.;κ. τῶν νικητηρίων εὐξάμενοι D.Ep.1.16
; also κατ' ἐξωλείας ὀμνύναι to imprecate destruction on oneself, Id.21.119;κατ' ἐξ. ἐπιορκεῖν Id.57.22
.b to make a vow towards, i.e. make a vow of offering..,κ. Χιλίων εὐχὴν ποιήσασθαι Χιμάρων Ar. Eq. 660
.5 in hostile sense, against, A.Ch. 221, S.Aj. 304, etc.;κ. πάντων φύεσθαι D.18.19
; esp. of judges giving sentence against a person, A.Th. 198, S.Aj. 449, etc.;ψεύδεσθαι κατά τινος Lys.22.7
;λέγειν κατά τινος κακά S.Ph.65
, cf. X.HG1.5.2, etc.; of speeches, [ λόγος] κ. Μειδίου, etc. (opp. πρὸς Λεπτίνην, in reply to L.);δῶρα εἰληφέναι κατά τινος Din.3.6
, cf. 18.6 of Time, for,μισθοῦν κ. εἴκοσι ἐτῶν IG12.94.37
; κ. βίου for life, Tab.Heracl.1.50;κὰπ παντὸς Χρόνοι IG9(2).517.20
([place name] Larissa ) (butκ. παντὸς τοῦ Χρόνου σκέψασθε D. 22.72
falls under 7);κ. παντὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος ἀείμνηστον Lycurg.7
.7 in respect of, concerning,μὴ κατ' ἀνθρώπων σκόπει μόνον τοῦτο Pl. Phd. 70d
;κ. τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν τοιαῦτα εὑρήσομεν Id.Sph. 253b
; οἱ κ. Δημοσθένους ἔπαινοι praises bestowed on D., Aeschin.3.50; ἐρεῖν or λέγειν κατά τινος to say of one, Pl.Ap. 37b, Prt. 323b, etc.;εἰ κ. θηλείας φαίης A.D.Synt.198.10
;εἴπερ ἕν γέ τι ζητεῖς κ. πάντων Pl.Men. 73d
, cf. 74b;ὅπερ εἴρηται καθόλου κ. πασῶν τῶν πολιτειῶν Arist.Pol. 1307b2
; freq. in the Logic of Arist., κατά τινος λέγεσθαι or κατηγορεῖσθαι to be predicated of.., Int.16b10, Cat. 1b10, etc.; καταφῆσαί (or ἀποφῆσαί) τι κατά τινος to affirm (or deny) of.., Metaph. 1007b21; soκ. τινὸς ὑπάρχειν Int. 16b13
: and in Adv. καθόλου (q.v.).B WITH Acc.,I of motion downwards, κ. ῥόον down stream, Od.14.254, Il.12.33; opp. ἀνὰ τὸν ποταμόν, Hdt.2.96; κ. τὸν ποταμόν, κ. τὸ ὑδάτιον, Id.1.194, Pl.Phdr. 229a; κατ' οὖρον ἰέναι, ῥεῖν, down (i.e. with) the wind, A.Th. 690, S.Tr. 468; κ. πνεῦμα, κατ' ἄνεμον ἵστασθαι to leeward, Arist.HA 535a19, 560b13, Dsc.4.153.2 with or without signf. of motion, on, over, throughout a space, freq. in Hom.,καθ' Ἑλλάδα καὶ μέσον Ἄργος Od.1.344
; κατ' Ἀχαΐδα, κ. Τροίην, Il.11.770, 9.329;κατ' ἠερόεντα κέλευθα Od.20.64
; κ. πόντον, κῦμα, ὕλην, Il.4.276, 6.136, 3.151;κ. πτόλιν Od.2.383
; κ. ἄστυ, οἶκον, Il.18.286, 6.56; κ. ὅμιλον, στρατόν, 3.36, 1.229; κ. κλισίας τε νέας τε ib. 487;πόλεμον κάτα δακρυόεντα 17.512
; κ. ὑσμίνην, μόθον, κλόνον, 5.84, 18.159, 16.331;τὸ ὕδωρ κ. τοὺς ταφροὺς ἐχώρει X.Cyr.7.5.16
, etc. (in later Gr.of motion to a place,κ. τὴν Ἰταλίαν Zos.3.1
);καθ' Ἑλλάδα A.Ag. 578
;κ. πτόλιν Id.Th.6
;αἱ σκηναὶ αἱ κ. τὴν ἀγοράν D.18.169
;τὰ κατ' ἀγροὺς Διονύσια Aeschin.1.157
, etc.;κ. τὸ προάστιον Hdt.3.54
;τύμβον κατ' αὐτόν A. Th. 528
, cf. Supp. 869 (lyr.): Geom., at a point, Euc.1.1,al.; τέμνειν [ σφαῖραν] κ. κύκλον in a circle, Archim.Aren.1.17; also, in the region of,οἱ κ. τὸν ἥλιον γινόμενοι ἀστέρες Gem.12.7
: freq. in Hom. in describing the place of a wound, βαλεῖν κ. στῆθος, γαστέρα, etc., Il.11.108, 16.465, al.;νύξε κ. δεξιὸν ὦμον 5.46
;οὔτασε κατ' ἰσχίον 11.339
; so βαλεῖν κατ' ἀσπίδα, κ. ζωστῆρα, 5.537, 615; βέλος κ. καίριον ἦλθεν struck upon a vital part, v.l. in 11.439: metaph.,ἄχος κ. φρένα τύψε 19.125
: generally, κ. φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμόν in heart and soul, 4.163, al.3 opposite, over against,κ. Σινώπην πόλιν Hdt.1.76
, cf. 2.148, Th.2.30, etc.;ἀνὴρ κατ' ἄνδρα A.Th. 505
;μολὼν.. μοι κ. στόμα Id.Ch. 573
;κατ' ὀφθαλμούς τινος LXX 2 Ki.12.11
;οἱ μὲν Ἀθηναῖοι κ. Λακεδαιμονίους ἐγένοντο X.HG4.2.18
; κατ' Ἀχαιοὺς ἀντετάχθησαν ibid.;ἐν συμποσίῳ.., περίμενε, μέχρις ἂν γένηται κατὰ σέ Epict.Ench. 15
, cf. D.L.7.108.II distributively, of a whole divided into parts, κρῖν' ἄνδρας κ. φῦλα, κ. φρήτρας by tribes, by clans, Il.2.362; κ. σφέας μαχέονται by themselves, separately, ib. 366, cf. Th.4.64;ἐσκήνουν κ. τάξεις X.Cyr.2.1.25
;αὐτὴ καθ' αὑτήν A.Pr. 1013
; κ. κώμας κατοικημένοι in separate villages, Hdt.1.96; κατ' ἑωυτοὺς ἕκαστοι ἐτράποντο each to his own home, Id.5.15; κ. πόλεις ἀποπλεῦσαι, διαλυθῆναι, Th.1.89, 3.1:στρατιὰ κ. ἕνδεκα μέρη κεκοσμημένη Pl.Phdr. 247a
; laterοἱ κατ' ἄνδρα λόγοι PLond.2.259.72
(i A. D.), cf. D.Chr.32.6, etc.;ἡ κατ' οἰκίαν ἀπογραφή PLond.3.904.20
(ii A.D.), etc.; κατ' ἔπος word by word, Ar.Ra. 802; κατ' ὄνομα individually, 3 Ep.Jo.15, etc.; παῖδα κ. κρήνην at each fount a boy, Lyr.Alex.Adesp.37.13, cf. POxy 2108.9 (iii A.D.).2 of Time, καθ' ἡμέραν, κατ' ἦμαρ, day by day, daily, v. ἡμέρα 111; καθ' ἑνιαυτόν, κατ' ἔτος, Test.Epict.6.24, Ev.Luc.2.41, etc.;κ. μῆνα POxy.275.18
(i A.D.).3 of Numbers, by so many at a time, καθ' ἕνα one at a time, individually, Hdt.7.104 (later detailed list,PTeb.
47.34 (ii B.C.), etc.); κ. μίαν τε καὶ δύο by ones and twos, Hdt.4.113; ; ; κ. τὰς πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι μνᾶς πεντακοσίας δραχμὰς εἰσφέρειν to pay 500 drachmae on every 25 minae, D.27.7;κ. διακοσίας καὶ τριακοσίας ὁμοῦ τι τάλαντον διακεχρημένον
in separate sums of and 300 drachmae, Id.27.11; of ships, κ. μίαν (sc. ναῦν) in column, Th.2.90;κ. μίαν ναῦν ἐπιτάττειν Plb.1.26.12
, cf. Th.2.84: Geom., μετρεῖν, μετρεισθαι κατά.. , measure, be measured a certain number of times, Euc.7 Def.8,9,al.; μετρεῖν κ. τὰς ἐν τῷ Β μονάδας as many times as there are units in B, Id.7.16.III of direction towards an object or purpose, πλεῖν κ. πρῆξιν on a business, for or after a matter, Od. 3.72, 9.253; πλάζεσθαι κ. ληΐδα to rove in search of booty, 3.106; κ.ληΐην ἐκπλῶσαι Hdt.2.152
;ἔβη κ. δαῖτα Il.1.424
;ἐπιδημεῖν κατ' ἐμπορίαν IG22.141.32
, cf. Arist.Ath.11.1; κ. Χρέος τινὸς ἐλθεῖν come to seek his help, consult him, Od.11.479, etc.;ἵεται κ. τὴν φωνήν Hdt.2.70
; κ. θέαν ἥκειν to have come for the purpose of seeing, Th.6.31;κ. πλοῦν ἤδη ὤν Id.7.31
;καθ' ἁρπαγὴν ἐσκεδασμένοι X.An.3.5.2
; κ. τί; for what purpose? why? Ar.Nu. 239.2 of pursuit,κ. πόδας τινὸς ἐλαύνειν Hdt.9.89
; simply κ. τινά after him, Id.1.84;ἰέναι κ. τοὺς ἄλλους Id.9.53
; κατ' ἴχνος on the track, S.Aj.32, A.Ag. 695 (lyr.);ὥσπερ κατ' ἴχνη κ. τὰ νῦν εἰρημένα ζῆν Pl.Phd. 115b
.3 Geom., in adverbial phrases, κ. κάθετον in the same vertical line, Archim. Quadr.6; κατ' εὐθεῖάν τινι in the same straight line with.., Papp. 58.7.IV of fitness or conformity, in accordance with,κ. θυμόν Il.1.136
; καθ' ἡμέτερον νόον after our liking, 9.108;κ. νόον πρήξωμεν Hdt.4.97
; κ. μοῖραν as is meet and right, Il.1.286; κατ' αἶσαν, κ. κόσμον, 10.445, 472;κ. νόμον Hes.Th. 417
;κὰν νόμον Pi.O.8.78
;κ. τοὺς νόμους IG22.1227.15
; αἰτίαν καθ' ἥντινα for what cause, A.Pr. 228; κατ' ἔχθραν, κ. φθόνον, for (i.e. because of) hatred, envy, Id.Supp. 336, Eu. 686; καθ' ἡδονήν τι δρᾶν, ποιεῖν, do as one pleases, Th. 2.37,53;κ. τὸ ἔχθος τὸ Θεσσαλῶν Hdt.8.30
, cf. 9.38; κ. φιλίαν, κατ' ἔχθος, Th.1.60, 103, etc.; κατ' ἄλλο μὲν οὐδέν, ὅτι δέ.. for no other reason but that.., Pl.Phdr. 229d; κ. δύναμιν to the best of one's power, Hdt.3.142, etc. ( κὰδ δ. Hes.Op. 336); κ. τρόπον διοικεῖν arrange suitably, Isoc.2.6,al.; κατ' εὐνοίην with goodwill, Hdt.6.108;κ. τὰ παρηγγελμένα X.An.2.2.8
, etc.; in quotations, according to,κατ' Αἰσχύλον Ar.Th. 134
;κ. Πίνδαρον Pl.Phdr. 227b
, etc.2 in relation to, concerning, τὰ κατ' ἀνθρώπους = τὰ ἀνθρώπινα, A.Eu. 930, 310;τὰ κ. τὸν Τέλλον Hdt.1.31
; τὰ κ. τὴν Κύρου τελευτήν ib. 214; τὰ κ. πόλεμον military matters, Aeschin.1.181; αἱ κ. τὴν πόλιν οἰκονομίαι (opp. αἱ πολεμικαὶ πράξεις ) the management of public affairs, Din. 1.97;τὰ κ. τὰς θυσίας SIG506.7
(Delph., iii B.C.); so τὸ κατ' ὑμέας as far as concerns you, Hdt.7.158; τὸ κατ' ἐμέ as far as I am concerned, D.18.247; κ. τοῦτο in this respect, Hdt.5.3, etc.; κ. ταὐτά in the same way, Id.2.20; καθ' ὅτι so far as, Th.1.82, etc.3 in Comparisons, corresponding with, after the fashion of, κρομύοιο λοπὸν κ. like the coat of an onion, dub. in Od.19.233;μέλος κ. Φοίνισσαν ἐμπολὰν πέμπεται Pi.P.2.67
; κ. Μιθραδάτην answering to the description of him, Hdt.1.121; τὴν ἰδέαν κ. πνιγέα like an oven in appearance, Ar.Av. 1001; κηδεῦσαι καθ' ἑαυτόν to marry in one's own rank of life, A.Pr. 890;οὐ κατ' ἄνθρωπον φρονεῖν Id.Th. 425
;λέγω κατ' ἄνδρα, μὴ θεόν, σέβειν ἐμέ Id.Ag. 925
; οὐ κατὰ σέ none of your sort, Chionid.1 (but ἵνα προσείπω σε κατὰ σέ to address you in your own style, Pl.Grg. 467c);τὸ κατ' ἐμὲ καὶ οὐ κατ' ἐμέ Arr.Epict.1.28.5
;οὐ κ. τὰς Μειδίου λῃτουργίας D.21.169
;ἡ βασιλεία κ. τὴν ἀριστοκρατίαν ἐστί Arist.Pol. 1310b3
: freq. after a [comp] Comp.,μέζων ἢ κατ' ἀνθρώπων φύσιν Hdt.8.38
, cf. Pl.Ap. 20e, etc.; μείζω ἢ κ. δάκρυα too great for tears, Th.7.75; ἤθεα βαθύτερα ἢ κ. Θρήϊκας morerefined than was common among the Thracians, Hdt.4.95.V by the favour of a god, etc.,κ. δαίμονα Pi.O.9.28
, cf. P.8.68;κ. θεῖον Ar.Eq. 147
codd. (κ. θεὸν Cobet);κ. τύχην τινά D.48.24
.VI of round numbers (v. infr. v11.2), nearly, about,κ. Χίλια ἑξακόσια ἔτεα 1600
years more or less, Hdt.2.145, cf. 6.44, al.; κατ' οὐδέν next to nothing, Pl.Plt. 302b.VII of Time, during or in the course of a period,κ. τὸν πόλεμον Hdt.7.137
; καθ' ἡμέραν, κατ' ἦμαρ, by day, A. Ch. 818, Ag. 668;κατ' εὐφρόνην Id.Pers. 221
; κ. Χειμῶνα, κ. θερείαν, PLille 1r14 (iii B.C.), PTeb.27.60 (ii B.C.).2 about,κ. τὸν αὐτὸν τοῦτον Χρόνον Hdt.3.131
, etc.;κ. τοὺς θανάτους τῶν βασιλέων Id.6.58
; esp. with names of persons, κ. Ἄμασιν βασιλεύοντα about the time of Amasis, Id.2.134;κ. τὸν κ. Κροῖσον Χρόνον Id.1.67
; οἱ κατ' ἐκεῖνον (sc. τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην)ὑμέτεροι πρόγονοι D.21.146
(v.l. κατ' ἐκ. τὸν Χρόνον); κ. τοὺς Ἡρακλείδας X.Lac.10.8
; οἱ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς ἄνθρωποι their contemporaries, Id.Mem.3.5.10.3 καθ' ἕτος this year, SIG 284.24 (Erythrae, iv B.C.), OGI458.64 (i B.C./iA.D.), CIG3641b5,38 ([place name] Lampsacus).VIII periphrastically with abstract Subst., κατ' ἡσυχίην, κ. τάχος, = ἡσύχως, ταχέως, Hdt.1.9,7.178; κ. κράτος by force, X.HG2.1.19, etc.; κ. μέρος partially, Arist.Po. 1456a16; individually, severally, Pl.Tht. 157b, Lg. 835a; κ. φύσιν naturally, Hdt. 2.38, Pl.R. 428e; κ. τὴν τέχνην skilfully, Luc.DDeor.20.7; οὔτ' ἐμοὶ λέγειν καθ' ἡδονήν [ ἐστι] it is not pleasant for me to tell you, A.Pr. 263.C Position: κατά may follow both its cases, and is then written with anastr. κάτα, as Il.20.221, etc.; so also in tmesi, when it follows its Verb, 17.91.D abs. as ADV. in all the above senses, esp. like κάτω, downwards, from above, down, freq. in Hom.I downwards, down, as inκαταβαίνω, καταβάλλω, κατάκειμαι, καταπέμπω, καταπίπτω, καταπλέω 1
.III against, in hostile sense (cf. A.11.5), as in καταγιγνώσκω, κατακρίνω, καταψηφίζομαι: more rarely with a Subst., as καταδίκη.IV back, back again, as inκάτειμι, καταπορεύομαι, καταπλέω 11
.V freq. only to strengthen the notion of the simple word, as in κατακόπτω, κατακτείνω, καταφαγεῖν, etc.; also with Substs. and Adjs., as in κατάδηλος, κάτοξος.VI sts. to give a trans. force to an intr. Verb, our be-, as in καταθρηνέω bewail.VII implying waste or consumption, as in καταλειτουργέω, καθιπποτροφέω, καταζευγοτροφέω: and generally in a disparaging sense, as in .F κατά as a Prep. was shortd. in some dialects, esp. in [dialect] Ep., into κάγ, κάδ, κάκ, κάμ, κάν, κάπ, κάρ, κάτ, before γ, δ, κ, μ, ν, π (or φ) , ῥ, τ (or θ), respectively; see these forms in their own places. Mss. and the older Edd. join the Prep. with the following word, as καγγόνυ, καδδέ, κακκεφαλῆς, καππεδίον, καπφάλαρα, καρρόον, καττάδε, καττόν, etc. In compd. Verbs, κατά sts. changes into καβ, καλ, καρ, κατ, before β, λ, ρ, θ, respectively, as κάββαλε, κάλλιπε, καρρέζουσα, κάτθανε; and before στ, σχ, the second syll. sts. disappears, as in καστορνῦσα, κάσχεθε, as also in the [dialect] Dor. forms καβαίνων, κάπετον.------------------------------------κατά [(B)], -
31 Babbage, Charles
SUBJECT AREA: Electronics and information technology[br]b. 26 December 1791 Walworth, Surrey, Englandd. 18 October 1871 London, England[br]English mathematician who invented the forerunner of the modern computer.[br]Charles Babbage was the son of a banker, Benjamin Babbage, and was a sickly child who had a rather haphazard education at private schools near Exeter and later at Enfield. Even as a child, he was inordinately fond of algebra, which he taught himself. He was conversant with several advanced mathematical texts, so by the time he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1811, he was ahead of his tutors. In his third year he moved to Peterhouse, whence he graduated in 1814, taking his MA in 1817. He first contributed to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1815, and was elected a fellow of that body in 1816. He was one of the founders of the Astronomical Society in 1820 and served in high office in it.While he was still at Cambridge, in 1812, he had the first idea of calculating numerical tables by machinery. This was his first difference engine, which worked on the principle of repeatedly adding a common difference. He built a small model of an engine working on this principle between 1820 and 1822, and in July of the latter year he read an enthusiastically received note about it to the Astronomical Society. The following year he was awarded the Society's first gold medal. He submitted details of his invention to Sir Humphry Davy, President of the Royal Society; the Society reported favourably and the Government became interested, and following a meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Babbage was awarded a grant of £1,500. Work proceeded and was carried on for four years under the direction of Joseph Clement.In 1827 Babbage went abroad for a year on medical advice. There he studied foreign workshops and factories, and in 1832 he published his observations in On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. While abroad, he received the news that he had been appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He held the Chair until 1839, although he neither resided in College nor gave any lectures. For this he was paid between £80 and £90 a year! Differences arose between Babbage and Clement. Manufacture was moved from Clement's works in Lambeth, London, to new, fireproof buildings specially erected by the Government near Babbage's house in Dorset Square, London. Clement made a large claim for compensation and, when it was refused, withdrew his workers as well as all the special tools he had made up for the job. No work was possible for the next fifteen months, during which Babbage conceived the idea of his "analytical engine". He approached the Government with this, but it was not until eight years later, in 1842, that he received the reply that the expense was considered too great for further backing and that the Government was abandoning the project. This was in spite of the demonstration and perfectly satisfactory operation of a small section of the analytical engine at the International Exhibition of 1862. It is said that the demands made on manufacture in the production of his engines had an appreciable influence in improving the standard of machine tools, whilst similar benefits accrued from his development of a system of notation for the movements of machine elements. His opposition to street organ-grinders was a notable eccentricity; he estimated that a quarter of his mental effort was wasted by the effect of noise on his concentration.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1816. Astronomical Society Gold Medal 1823.BibliographyBabbage wrote eighty works, including: 1864, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher.July 1822, Letter to Sir Humphry Davy, PRS, on the Application of Machinery to the purpose of calculating and printing Mathematical Tables.Further Reading1961, Charles Babbage and His Calculating Engines: Selected Writings by Charles Babbage and Others, eds Philip and Emily Morrison, New York: Dover Publications.IMcN -
32 might
I
(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) poder, ser posible que2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) poder3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) podrías/podría•- might have
- I might have known
II
(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) fuerza- mighty- mightily
- mightiness
might vb podermight I ask you a question? ¿podría hacerle una pregunta?Como expresa una posibilidad también se puede traducir por quizá, quizás, a lo mejor, tal vez o puede quehe might come tomorrow a lo mejor viene mañana / quizá venga mañanatr[maɪt]1 (possibility) poder■ why don't you go out? --I might ¿por qué no sales? --puede que lo haga■ don't touch it! it might be a bomb! ¡no lo toques! ¡podría ser una bomba!■ that might be them now quizás sean ellos ahora, a lo mejor son ellos ahora2 (in suggestions or requests) poder■ you might have told me! ¡podrías habérmelo dicho!■ you might have waited! ¡podrías haber esperado!3 (permission) poder■ might I suggest make a suggestion? ¿podría hacer una sugerencia?■ who are you, if I might ask? ¿quién eres tú? si se puede saber■ and where might that be? ¿y dónde se supone que está eso?■ and who might you be? ¿y tú quién demonios eres?5 (subjunctive use) poder■ he died that others might live murió para que otros pudieran vivir, murió para que otros vivieran\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLI might have known! ¡debí imaginármelo!, ¡típico!might (just) as well más vale que■ you might as well give it away más vale que lo regales Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL See also may/Table 1————————tr[maɪt]1 poder nombre masculino, fuerza\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLmight is right el poder tiene la razónwith all one's might con todas sus fuerzaswith might and main a más no poder, hasta más no poderit might be true: podría ser verdadmight I speak with Sarah?: ¿se puede hablar con Sarah?might n: fuerza f, poder mauxr.n.• fuerza s.f.• poderío s.m.• pujanza s.f.pret.aux.• de may pret.aux.
I maɪt2)a) ( asking permission) (esp BrE) podría (or podríamos etc)might I make a suggestion? — si se me permite (hacer) una sugerencia..., ¿podría hacer una sugerencia?
b) (in suggestions, expressing annoyance, regret) poder*you might at least listen — al menos podrías or podías escuchar
3) ( indicating possibility) [La posibilidad que indica might es más remota que la que expresan may o could]somebody might have found it — pudiera ser que alguien lo hubiera encontrado, a lo mejor alguien lo encontró
it might (well) have been disastrous if the police hadn't arrived — podría haber sido catastrófico si no hubiera llegado la policía
he rang to apologize - and o as well he might! — llamó para pedir perdón - era lo menos que podía hacer!
5)a) ( conceding)the house might not be big, but... — la casa no será grande pero..., puede ser que la casa no sea grande, pero...
b) ( asking for information) (frml)who might that gentleman be? — ¿quién es ese caballero?
6) ( indicating purpose)he died that others might live — (liter) murió para que otros vivieran
II
mass noun poder m, poderío mwith all one's might — con todas sus (or mis etc) fuerzas
to struggle with might and main — luchar con todas sus (or mis etc) fuerzas
I
[maɪt]PT, cond of may
II
[maɪt]N poder m, fuerza fwith might and main — a más no poder, esforzándose muchísimo
* * *
I [maɪt]2)a) ( asking permission) (esp BrE) podría (or podríamos etc)might I make a suggestion? — si se me permite (hacer) una sugerencia..., ¿podría hacer una sugerencia?
b) (in suggestions, expressing annoyance, regret) poder*you might at least listen — al menos podrías or podías escuchar
3) ( indicating possibility) [La posibilidad que indica might es más remota que la que expresan may o could]somebody might have found it — pudiera ser que alguien lo hubiera encontrado, a lo mejor alguien lo encontró
it might (well) have been disastrous if the police hadn't arrived — podría haber sido catastrófico si no hubiera llegado la policía
he rang to apologize - and o as well he might! — llamó para pedir perdón - era lo menos que podía hacer!
5)a) ( conceding)the house might not be big, but... — la casa no será grande pero..., puede ser que la casa no sea grande, pero...
b) ( asking for information) (frml)who might that gentleman be? — ¿quién es ese caballero?
6) ( indicating purpose)he died that others might live — (liter) murió para que otros vivieran
II
mass noun poder m, poderío mwith all one's might — con todas sus (or mis etc) fuerzas
to struggle with might and main — luchar con todas sus (or mis etc) fuerzas
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33 might
I [maɪt]"will you come?" - "I might" — "vieni?" - "può darsi"
try as I might, I can't do it — per quanto ci provi, non riesco a farlo
3) (in sequence of tenses, in reported speech)4) form. (when making requests)if I might — se possibile, se posso
might I ask who's calling? — con chi sto parlando, per favore?
and who, might I ask, are you? o and who might you be? — (aggressive) e potrei sapere chi è lei?
6) (when making statement, argument)one might argue o it might be argued that si potrebbe sostenere che; as you o one might expect come ci si potrebbe aspettare; as you might imagine — come puoi immaginare
7) (expressing reproach, irritation)II [maɪt]I might have known o guessed! avrei dovuto aspettarmelo o immaginarlo! he might at least apologize! potrebbe almeno scusarsi! you might have warned me! — avresti potuto avvisarmi!
1) (power) potere m., potenza f.2) (physical strength) forza f., potenza f.* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.)2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?)3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!)•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.)- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *I [maɪt]"will you come?" - "I might" — "vieni?" - "può darsi"
try as I might, I can't do it — per quanto ci provi, non riesco a farlo
3) (in sequence of tenses, in reported speech)4) form. (when making requests)if I might — se possibile, se posso
might I ask who's calling? — con chi sto parlando, per favore?
and who, might I ask, are you? o and who might you be? — (aggressive) e potrei sapere chi è lei?
6) (when making statement, argument)one might argue o it might be argued that si potrebbe sostenere che; as you o one might expect come ci si potrebbe aspettare; as you might imagine — come puoi immaginare
7) (expressing reproach, irritation)II [maɪt]I might have known o guessed! avrei dovuto aspettarmelo o immaginarlo! he might at least apologize! potrebbe almeno scusarsi! you might have warned me! — avresti potuto avvisarmi!
1) (power) potere m., potenza f.2) (physical strength) forza f., potenza f. -
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I II nounwith all one's might — mit aller Kraft
2) (power) Macht, die* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) pt. of may:können2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) können3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) können•- might as well- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) die Macht- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *might1[maɪt]II. aux vbthat old bridge \might be dangerous die alte Brücke könnte gefährlich seinsomeone phoned at six, it \might have been him um sechs rief jemand an, das könnte er gewesen sein; (will be able to)he is closing his door so that he \might have a little peace and quiet er schließt seine Tür, damit er etwas Ruhe hatlet's not answer the phone so that we \might talk undisturbed lass uns nicht ans Telefon gehen, damit wir ungestört reden können; (expressing probability)if he keeps studying so hard he \might even get a first in his final exams wenn er weiterhin so eifrig lernt, könnte er sogar der Beste bei den Abschlussprüfungen werden2. (conceding a fact)the village \might be in the middle of nowhere but I like such places das Dorf kann ruhig mitten im Nirgendwo sein, ich mag solche OrteLeeds \might be an excellent team, but... Leeds mag eine hervorragende Mannschaft sein, aber...\might I...? dürfte ich [vielleicht]...?\might I ask a question? dürfte ich eine Frage stellen?how \might I help you? wie kann ich Ihnen behilflich sein?; (when offended)\might I ask what you think you're doing in my seat? könnten Sie mir vielleicht sagen, was sie auf meinem Sitz zu suchen haben?and who \might you be? und was glaubst du wohl, wer du bist?I thought you \might like to join me for dinner ich dachte, du hättest vielleicht Lust, mit mir zu Abend zu essen; (unenthusiastically)she \might as well tell the truth — they'll find it out anyway sie könnte ebenso gut die Wahrheit sagen — sie werden es ohnehin herausfinden5. (in reproach)you \might have at least made an effort du hättest zumindest einen Versuch machen könnenI \might have known that you'd lie to me ich hätte es eigentlich wissen müssen, dass du mich anlügen würdestmight2[maɪt]n no plwith \might and main aus Leibeskräftenwith all one's \might mit aller Kraft3.* * *I [maɪt] pretthey might be brothers, they look so alike — sie könnten Brüder sein, sie sehen sich so ähnlich
as you might expect — wie zu erwarten war
... I might add —... möchte ich hinzufügen
how old might he be? — wie alt er wohl ist?
might I smoke? — dürfte ich wohl rauchen?
you might try Smith's — Sie könnten es ja mal bei Smiths versuchen
he might at least have apologized — er hätte sich wenigstens entschuldigen können
I might have known — das hätte ich mir denken können
she was thinking of what might have been — sie dachte an das, was hätte sein können
IInMacht fsuperior might — Übermacht f, Überlegenheit f
might is right (Prov) — Macht geht vor Recht (Prov)
* * *might1 [maıt] s1. Macht f, Gewalt f2. Stärke f, Kraft f:might2 [maıt] prät von may1may [meı], obs 2. sg präs mayst [meıst], 3. sg präs may, prät und optativ might [maıt] v irr (defektiv, meist Hilfsverb)1. (Möglichkeit, Gelegenheit) können, mögen:it may happen any time es kann jederzeit geschehen;it might happen es könnte geschehen;you may be right du magst recht haben, vielleicht hast du recht;he may not come vielleicht kommt er nicht; es ist möglich, dass er nicht kommt;come what may komme, was da wolle;he might lose his way er könnte sich verirren2. (Erlaubnis) dürfen, können:may I ask? darf ich fragen?;I wish I might tell you ich wollte, ich dürfte es dir sagen; selten neg:he may not do it er darf es nicht tun3. mit (as) well, just as well:you may well say so du hast gut reden;we might as well go da können wir (auch) ebenso gut gehen, gehen wir schon;he may as well dazu hat er auch allen Grund4. ungewisse Frage:how old may she be? wie alt mag sie wohl sein?;I wondered what he might be doing ich fragte mich, was er wohl tue5. (Wunschgedanke, Segenswunsch) mögen:may God bless you!;may it please your Grace Euer Gnaden mögen geruhen6. als Aufforderung:you may post this letter for me du kannst diesen Brief für mich einstecken;you might help me du könntest mir (eigentlich) helfen;you might at least offer to help du könntest wenigstens deine Hilfe anbieten7. may oder might als Konjunktionsumschreibung: I shall write to him so that he may know our plans damit er unsere Pläne erfährt;though it may cost a good deal obwohl es eine Menge kosten kann;difficult as it may be so schwierig es auch sein mag;we feared they might attack wir fürchteten, sie würden angreifen* * *I II noun2) (power) Macht, die* * *aux.kann aux.könnte aux.mag aux. n.Macht ¨-e f. -
35 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) gæti; mætti2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) gæti3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) gæti (áminning eða skipun)•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) máttur, afl, kraftur- mighty- mightily
- mightiness -
36 might
hatalom, nagy mennyiségű* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.)2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?)3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!)•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) erő, hatalom- mighty- mightily
- mightiness -
37 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) ser capaz de2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) poder3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) podia•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) força- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *[m'ait] n força, poder. • v ps of may (poder). with might and main com toda a força. -
38 might
n. güç, kuvvet, zor————————v. ebilmek, abilmek, mümkün olmak, olası olmak* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.)...-ebilir(di)2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?)...-ebilir3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) (belki de)...-ebilir(sin)•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) kuvvet, güç- mighty- mightily
- mightiness -
39 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) utegniti2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) moči3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) lahko bi vsaj...•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) moč- mighty- mightily
- mightiness* * *I [máit]nounmoč, sila, oblastII [máit]preteriteod may -
40 might
• voima• valta• voimallisuus• potentiaali• pystyvyys• teho• kapasiteetti• saattaisi• mahtavuus• mahti• taito• kyky* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) saattaa2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) saattaisi, saada3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) voida•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) mahti- mighty- mightily
- mightiness
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