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ἑρμην-εύω , Dor. ἑρμα_νεύω SIG1168.88 (Epid.),
A.interpret foreign tongues, X.An.5.4.4; translate, D.H.Th.49, etc.; “ἀπὸ Π̔ωμαϊκῶνPRyl.62.30 (iii A. D.):—Pass., “ἙλληνιστίD.H.2.12, cf. LXXJb.42.17, etc.
II. explain, expound, S.OC398, E.Fr.636.5, etc.; “ὑμῖν ταῦταAntipho 3.2.1; “ τι λέγειPhilyll.11; “τὰ τῶν ποιητῶνPl.Ion535a:—Med., Id.Epin.985b:— Pass., Arist.SE166b11.
2. put into words, express, Th.2.60, Pl. Lg.966b, etc.; “τι διά τινοςHermog.Id.2.5; “τι πεζῶςId.Meth.30:— Pass., D.H.Comp.25.
3. describe, write about,τὸν ΝεῖλονDemetr. Eloc.121.
III. abs., speak clearly, articulate, Hp.Epid.5.74.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Antiphon, Second Tetralogy, 2.1
    • Old Testament, Job, 42.17
    • Plato, Laws, 966b
    • Plato, Ion, 535a
    • Plato, Epinomis, 985b
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 398
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.60
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.4.4
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 2.12
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydide, 49
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, 25
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