- Charge
- v. trans. or absol.Attack: P. and V. προσβάλλειν (dat.), εἰσβάλλειν (εἰς or πρός, acc.), προσπίπτειν (dat.), εἰσπίπτειν (πρός, acc.), ἐμπίπτειν (dat.) (Xen., also Ar.), V. ἐφορμᾶν (dat.) or pass. (rare P.), P. προσφέρεσθαι (dat.), Ar. and P. ἐπιτίθεσθαι (dat.); see {{U}}Attack.Demand as payment: P. and V. εἰσπράσσεσθαι; see {{U}}Exact.He charges half the amount to himself, the rest is reckoned as theirs: P. τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ αὑτῷ τίθησι τὸ δὲ τούτοις λελόγισται (Lys. 211.)Intrust: Ar. and P. ἐπιτρέπειν (τινί τι), P. πιστεύειν (τινί τι), ἐγχειρίζειν (τινί τι), V. εἰσχειρίζειν (τινί τι).Exhort, command: P. and V. κελεύειν (acc.), ἐπιτάσσειν (dat.), προστάσσειν (dat.), ἐπιστέλλειν (dat.), ἐπισκήπτειν (dat.), Ar. and V. ἐφίεσθαι (dat.), V. ἐξεφίεσθαι (absol.).Accuse: see {{U}}Accuse.Fill: P. and V. πληροῦν, ἐμπιπλάναι, πιμπλάναι (rare P. uncompounded), γεμίζειν.——————subs.Attack: P. and V. προσβολή, ἡ, εἰσβολή, ἡ, P. ἐπίθεσις, ἡ, ἐπιχείρησις, ἡ, ἔφοδος, ἡ, ἐπιδρομή, ἡ.Rush: P. and V. ὁρμή, ἡ, V. ῥιπή, ἡ, Ar. and P. ῥύμη. ἡ.Run: P. and V. δρόμος, ὁ.Of ships: P. and V. ἐμβολή, ἡ.Like a bull ready for the charge, he bellows fiercely: V. ταῦρος ὣς εἰς ἐμβολὴν δεινὰ μυκᾶται (Eur., H.F. 869).Exaction: P. εἴσπραξις, ἡ.Expense: P. and V. δαπάνη, ἡ.At his own charges: P. τοῖς αὑτοῦ τέλεσι, τοῖς ἰδίοις τέλεσι.At the public charge: P. δημοσία.Duty, task: P. and V. ἔργον, τό; see {{U}}Task.Guardianship: P. ἐπιτροπεία, ἡ.Something intrusted to one's care: V. μέλημα, τό, φρούρημα, τό.Put in charge of: Ar. and P. ἐπιτρέπειν (τινί τι); see {{U}}Intrust.Take charge of: P. and V. ἐπιστατεῖν (dat.), θεραπεύειν (acc.), Ar. and P. ἐπιμέλεσθαι (gen.), V. κηδεύειν (acc.), μέλεσθαι (gen.); see Manage, Guard.Command: P. πρόσταγμα, τό, ἐπίταγμα, τό, V. ἐντολή, ἡ (Plat. but rare P.), κέλευσμα, τό, κελευσμός, ὁ, ἐφετμή, ἡ, ἐπιστολαί, αἱ.I impose this service as a charge upon you: V. ὑμῖν ... τήνδʼ ἐπισκήπτω χάριν (Soph., Aj. 566).Accusation: see {{U}}Accusation.On a charge of: P. and V. ἐπί (dat.).
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.