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|Full diacritics=προσποιέω
|Medium diacritics=προσποιέω
|Low diacritics=προσποιέω
|Capitals=ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΕΩ
|Transliteration A=prospoiéō
|Transliteration B=prospoieō
|Transliteration C=prospoieo
|Beta Code=prospoie/w
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">make over to, add</b> or <b class="b2">attach to</b>, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν <span class="bibl">Th. 1.55</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">3.70</span>, etc.; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.8.28</span>, etc.; χάριν <span class="bibl">D.60.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.6.1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μνημείῳ κακὸν π</b>. <b class="b2">do</b> damage <b class="b2">to</b>, MAMA4.27. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[προσποιέομαι]] 11.3, ὡς εἴη <span class="bibl">X.Eph.1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> mostly in Med., with aor. Pass. in Plb. (v. infr. <span class="bibl">5</span>), <span class="bibl">D.S.15.46</span>, <span class="bibl">19.6</span>:—<b class="b2">procure for oneself</b>, ξύλινον πόδα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.37</span>; <b class="b2">include in one's purview</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.6.1.19</span>, <span class="bibl">6.3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">6.3.19</span>: most freq. of persons, <b class="b2">attach to oneself, win</b> or <b class="b2">gain over</b>, ἑταιρηΐην <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.77</span>, etc.; τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>215</span>; [<b class="b3">θεούς</b>] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>6.3</span>: c.dupl.acc., <b class="b3">φίλους π. τινάς</b> <b class="b2">as</b> friends, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.6</span>; εὔνουν π. τινά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1387</span>; ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>; π. χωρίον ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν <span class="bibl">Id.2.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">take to oneself what does not belong to one, pretend to, lay claim to</b>, c. acc., τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν <span class="bibl">Id.1.137</span>; φήμην <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.166</span>; μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1127b9</span>: c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">π. τῶν χρημάτων</b> <b class="b2">claim some of . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ec.</span>871</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.4.3</span>,<span class="bibl">7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">pretend, affect</b>, ὀργήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>. δ; τὸ δεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.24</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἔχθραν</b> <b class="b2">use</b> it <b class="b2">as a pretence, allege</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.108</span>; π. Ἀριστοτέλην <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>50</span>: c.acc.part., προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον <span class="bibl">Ph.2.531</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., <b class="b2">pretend</b> to do or to be, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.1.13</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι</b> <b class="b2">profess</b> to be, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 519c</span>, cf. <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.108e, etc.; π. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23d, cf. 26e; <b class="b3">ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εἶναι</b>) <span class="bibl">D.18.125</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ ἀποκτείνας π</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">ἀποκτεῖναι</b>) <span class="bibl">Lys.13.75</span>: aor.Pass., -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν <span class="bibl">D.S.19.6</span>: c. inf. fut., <b class="b2">make as if one</b> would, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.20</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> with a neg., <b class="b2">pretend the contrary</b>, <b class="b3">δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι</b> one must <b class="b2">make as if it were</b> not <b class="b2">so</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>1.5</span>; τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων <span class="bibl">D.47.10</span>; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιῇ <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.Fr.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philem.23</span>: aor. Pass., σαφῶς εἰδὼς... οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ <span class="bibl">Plb.5.25.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">31.14.1</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''προσποιέω''': παραχωρῶ, προσθέτω ἢ [[προσάπτω]], Λατ. tradere alicui in manus, πρ. τινι τὴν Κέρκυραν Θουκ. 1. 55, πρβλ. 2. 2., 3. 70, κτλ.· πρ. Λέσβον τῇ πόλει Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4. 8, 28, κτλ.· πρ. τινι [[χάριν]] Δημ. 1393. 15. 2) = προσποιέομαι, Ξεν. Ἐφέσ. 1. 5. ΙΙ. ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τύπῳ (μετ’ ἀορ. παθητ. πρκμ. παρὰ Πολυβ., Διοδ.)· - προσθέτω ἢ [[προσάπτω]] εἰς ἐμαυτόν, ξύλινον [[πόδα]] Ἡρόδ. 9. 37· - ἐπὶ προσώπων, προσελκύω εἰς ἐμαυτόν, προσκτῶμαι, [[κάμνω]] νὰ γίνῃ εἰς ἐμέ, [[λαμβάνω]], ἀποκτῶ, [[λαμβάνω]] μὲ τὸ [[μέρος]] μου, τινα Ἡρόδ. 5. 71., 6. 69, Θουκ. 4. 77, κτλ.· τὸν δῆμον Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 215· τοὺς θεοὺς Ξεν. Πόροι 6, 3· καὶ [[μετὰ]] δευτέρας αἰτ., φίλους πρ. τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους Ἡρόδ. 1. 6, πρβλ. Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4. 8, 28· εὔνουν πρ. τινα Εὐρ. Ἑλ. 1387· ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις Θουκ. 1. 8· πρ. [[χωρίον]] ἐς ξυμμαχίαν ὁ αὐτ. 2. 30. 2) ἀντιποιοῦμαι, ἰδιοποιοῦμαι, Λατ. affectare, μετ’ αἰτ., τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν διάλυσιν ὁ αὐτ. 1. 137· φήμην Αἰσχίν. 50. 26· μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Νικ. 4. 7, 10· - [[μετὰ]] γενικ. διαιρετ., πρ. χρημάτων, [[ἐγείρω]] ἀξιώσεις ἐπί..., Ἀριστοφ. Ἐκκλ. 871, πρβλ. Ἰσαῖ. 46. 36., 47. 11. 3) [[καθόλου]], προσποιοῦμαι, ὑποκρίνομαι, ὀργὴν Ἡρόδ. 2. 121. 4· τὸ δεῖσθαι Ἰσοκρ. 7Β· πρ. ἔχθραν Θουκ. 8. 108· πρ. Ἀριστοτέλην Λουκ. Ἁλιεὺς 50. 4) μετ’ ἀπαρεμφ., προσποιοῦμαι ὅτι [[κάμνω]] ἢ εἶμαι, Ἡρόδ. 3. 2, Ἀντιφῶν 119. 26, Λυσί. 92. 43· ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ πρ. [[εἶναι]], κάμνουν ὅτι [[εἶναι]]..., Πλάτ. Γοργ. 519C, πρβλ. Ἀλκ. 1. 108Ε, κτλ. πρ. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδὲν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀπολ. 23D, πρβλ. 26Ε· ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ (ἐξυπακ. [[εἶναι]]) Δημ. 269. 9· μὴ ἀποκτείνας πρ. (ἐξυπακ. ἀποκτεῖναι) Λυσί. 136. 42· - μετ’ ἀπαρ. μέλλ., [[κάμνω]] ὅτι [[τάχα]]..., Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 3, 20, κτλ. 5) μετ’ ἀρνητ., ὡς τὸ Λατ. dissimulare, δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι, νὰ προσποιηθῶσιν ὅτι δὲν ἠδίκησαν, Θουκ. 3. 47· τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων Δημ. 1142. 11· οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἢν μὴ προσποιῇ Μένανδρ. ἐν «Ἐπιτρέπουσιν» 8, πρβλ. Φιλήμ. ἐν «Ἐπιδικαζομένῳ» 1· [[οὕτως]] ἐν τῷ παθητ. ἀορ., σαφῶς εἰδώς..., οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δὲ Πολύβ. 5. 25, 7, πρβλ. 31· 22, 1.
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