ἐγχωρέω
egchoreo
give room
Appears 73 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐγχωρέω, A. give room to do a thing, allow, ὁ χρόνος οὐκ ἐγχωρεῖ, c. inf., 26.6, Eq. 12.13: abs., ὅσον ἐνεχώρεε ἡ δεκάτη so far as the money allowed her to go, 2.135; ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ (i.e. the water-clock), 44.45. b. c. acc., admit of, κλίσιν Tact. 11.4. 2. ἐγχωρεῖ, impers., there is time, it is possible or allowable, c. dat. pers. et inf., ἐ. αὐτῷ εἰδέναι 1.7, cf. 5.90, Prt. 321d, HG 2.3.16, etc.; οἷς ἐ. ὑβρισταῖς εἶναι 24.15: also abs., ἔτι ἐ. there is yet time, Phd. 116e; οὐκέτʼ ἐγχωρεῖ 4.41; = ἐνδέχεται, APr. 25b10, al.; ἐφʼ ὁπόσον ἂν ἐγχωρῇ Comp. 6; ἐγχωροῦν ἐστί 3.24.11; κατὰ τὸ ἐγχωροῦν as far as possible, Paul. Aeg.6.99. II. pass, εἰς ἑτέραν ὑποθήκην BGU 907.15 (iii A. D.).
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