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1 Half
subs.P. and V. τὸ ἥμισυ.——————adj.P. and V. ἥμισυς.Saw in half: P. δίχα πρίειν.You said you would cut yourself in half: Ar. ἔφησθα σαυτῆς κἂν παρατεμεῖν θἤμισυ (Lys. 132).The height when completed was about half what he intended: P. τὸ ὕψος ἥμισυ μάλιστα ἐτελέσθη οὗ διενοεῖτο (Thuc. 1, 93).Half an estate: P. ἡμικλήριον, τό.Be honest by halves: P. ἐφʼ ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸς εἶναι (Dem. 430).He bade them raise a shield when half way across: P. εἶπεν ἆραι ασπίδα κατὰ μέσον τον πλοῦν (Xen., Hell. II. 1, 27).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Half
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2 Claim
v. trans.P. ἀντιποιεῖσθαι (gen.), μεταποιεῖσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι (acc. or gen.), ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.); see Exact.Claim in return: P. ἀνταξιοῦν (acc.).Demand: see Demand.No one will claim the crown ( of sorrow) in her stead: V. οὐδεὶς στέφανον ἀνθαιρήσεται (Eur., Hec. 660).Profess: P. and V. ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι.Claim an estate ( at law): P. ἐπιδίζεσθαι κλήρου, ἀμφισβητεῖν κλήρου.Profess: P. and V. ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι.——————subs.Arrogation to oneself: P. προσποίησις, ἡ.Demand: P. and V. ἀξίωσις, ἡ, P. δικαίωμα, τό, δικαίωσις, ἡ.Claim to gratitude: P. ἀξίωσις χάριτος.Have a claim to nobility in one's personal appearance: V. τὴν ἀξίωσιν τῶν καλῶν τὸ σῶμʼ ἔχειν (Eur., frag.).Lay claim to: see v., claim.THEOGL. Giving my bride to another?CHO. Yes, to those that have a better claim.THEOGL. But who has a claim to what is mine?ΘΕΟ. τἀμὰ λεκτρʼ ἄλλῳ διδοῦσα;ΧΟ. τοῖς γε κυριωτέροις.ΘΕΟ. κύριος δὲ τῶν ἐμῶν τίς; (Eur., Hel. 1634.)'Tis a bold claim: V. μεγάς γʼ ὁ κόμπος (Eur., H.F. 1116).Just claim: P. and V. τὸ δίκαιον, P. δικαίωσις, ἡ, δικαίωμα, τό.Have claims on, deserve: P. and V. ἄξιος εἶναι (gen.).Claim to an estate ( at law): P. ἐπιδικασία (ἡ) κλήρου.Claim to half the inheritance: P. ἀμφισβήτησις (ἡ) τοῦ ἡμικληρίου (Dem. 1174).Abandon a claim: P. ἐκλιπεῖν ἀμφισβήτησιν (Dem. 1178).Thus I made good to you my claim: P. οὕτως ἐπεδικασάμην παρʼ ὑμῖν (Isae. 85).Rival claims to an estate: P. διαδικασία (ἡ) τοῦ κλήρου.Profession: P. ἐπάγγελμα, τό.Debt: Ar. and P. χρέος, τό, P. ὀφείλημα, τό.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Claim
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3 More
adj.P. and V. πλείων.More or less: P, ἢ πλείων ἢ ἐλάσσων (Dem. 330).——————adv.P. and V. πλεῖον, πλέον.To form comparatives: P. and V. μᾶλλον.With numerals: Ar. and P. πλεῖν.More that half were found to be Carians: P. ὑπὲρ ἥμισυ Κᾶρες ἐφάνησαν (Thuc. 1, 8).More zealous than wise: V. πρόθυμος μᾶλλον ἢ σοφωτέρα (Eur., Med. 485).With more zeal than love: V. προθύμως μᾶλλον ἢ φίλως (Æsch., Ag. 1591).More worthy that rich: P. βελτίων ἢ πλουσιώτερος (Lys. 153).All the more: P. and V. τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, τοσῷδε μᾶλλον.The more I believe, the more I am at a loss what to do: P. ὅσῳ μᾶλλον πιστεύω τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπορῶ ὅτι χρήσωμαι (Plat., Rep. 368B).Doing things that it is a great disgrace even to speak of, much more for respectable people to perpetrate: P. τοιαῦτα ποιοῦντες ἃ πολλὴν αἰσχύνην ἔχει καὶ λέγειν μὴ ὅτι γε δὴ ποιεῖν ἀνθρώπους μετρίους (Dem. 1262).Many times more, adj.: P. πολλαπλάσιος.More and more: P. ἐπὶ πλέον, V. μᾶλλον μᾶλλον (Eur., I.T. 1406).Longer: P. and V. ἔτι.No more of this: P. οὕτω περὶ τούτων, ταῦτα μὲν οὖν οὕτως (Isoc.), P. and V. τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα, V. τούτων μὲν οὕτω, τοιαῦτα μὲν τάδʼ ἐστί; see so much for that under much.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > More
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