State

State
subs.
Condition: P. and V. κατάστασις, ἡ, P. ἕξις, ἡ, διάθεσις, ἡ.
Be in a certain state, v.: Ar. and P. διακεῖσθαι, P. and V. ἔχειν.
Good state: P. and V. εὐεξία, ἡ (Eur., frag.).
Bad state: P. καχεξία, ἡ.
Plight: V. πρᾶξις, ἡ; see {{U}}Plight.
Which of us are going to a better state (life or death) in unknown: P. ὁπότεροι ἡμῶν ἔρχονται ἐπὶ ἄμεινον πρᾶγμα ἄδηλον (Plat., Ap. 42A).
Such being the state of things: P. and V. οὕτως ἐχόντων.
State of mind, feeling: P. πάθος, τό, πάθημα, τό.
Pomp: P. and V. σχῆμα, τό, πρόσχημα, τό, χλιδή, ἡ (Plat.).
Magnificence: P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ, P. λαμπρότης, ἡ; see {{U}}Pomp.
Body politic: P. and V. πόλις, ἡ, τὸ κοινόν, Ar. and P. πολιτεία, ἡ.
Enter the service of the state: P. πρὸς τὰ κοινὰ προσέρχεσθαι (Dem. 312).
State affairs: P. and V. τὰ πράγματα, P. τὰ πολιτικά, τὰ κοινά.
Paid by the state, adj.: P. δημοτελής.
State secret: Ar. and P. πόρρητον, τό.
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v. trans.
Declare: P. and V. λέγειν, φράζειν, διειπεῖν (Plat.); see {{U}}Declare.
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adj.
Public: P. and V. κοινός, Ar. and P. δημόσιος, V. δήμιος, πάνδημος; see {{U}}Public.

Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.

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