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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_618.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_618.jpg}}]]'''v. trans.'''
<b class="b2">Act a part</b>: P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.
<b class="b2">Play Antigone</b>: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι.
<b class="b2">Play</b> (<b class="b2">a piece</b>): P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι, ἀγωνίζεσθαι (Dem. 418 and 449).
<b class="b2">Play the second part</b>: Ar. δευτεριάζειν.
<b class="b2">Play third rate parts</b>: P. τριταγωνιστεῖν.
Met., <b class="b2">play the coward</b>: P. and V. κακίζεσθαι, ψιλοψυχεῖν, P. μαλακίζεσθαι, ἀποδειλιᾶν.
<b class="b2">Play the man</b>: P. ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι.
<b class="b2">Play a mean part</b>: P. and V. κακύνεσθαι.
<b class="b2">Play a part, pretend</b>: Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι.
<b class="b2">Play a game</b>: Ar. and P. παιδιὰν παίζειν.
<b class="b2">Play a double game</b>, met.: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.
<b class="b2">Play the harp</b>: Ar. and P. κιθαρίζειν.
<b class="b2">Play the pipe</b>: P. and V. αὐλεῖν.
<b class="b2">Play pipe to</b>: Ar. προσαυλεῖν (''Eccl.'' 892).

'''V. intrans.'''

<b class="b2">Play</b> (<b class="b2">as children</b>): P. and V. παίζειν V. ἀθύρειν (also Plat. but rare P.).
<b class="b2">Act in jest</b>: P. and V. παίζειν.
<b class="b2">Play an instrument</b>: Ar. and P. ψάλλειν.
<b class="b2">The flute girl played</b>: Ar. αὐλητρὶς ἐνεφύσησε (''Vesp.'' 1219).
<b class="b2">Gamble</b>: Ar. and P. κυβεύειν.
<b class="b2">Play at</b>: P. παίζειν (dat.).
<b class="b2">Play at dice</b>: P. ἀστραγάλοις παίζειν (Plat., <b class="b2">Alci.</b> <b class="b2">I.</b> 110B).
<b class="b2">Play into—not thinking they were playing into the hands of Agoratus</b>: P. οὐκ οἰόμενοι Ἀγοράτῳ συμπράσσειν (Lys. 138).
<b class="b2">Play off—play off the Greeks one against another</b>: P. αὐτοὺς περὶ ἑαυτοὺς τοὺς Ἕλληνας κατατρῖψαι (Thuc. 8, 46).
<b class="b2">Play on</b> (<b class="b2">play on words, etc.</b>): P. κομψεύεσθαι (acc.), V. κομψεύειν (acc.); see also [[play upon]].
<b class="b2">Play upon, turn to account</b>: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
<b class="b2">Play with, mock</b>: P. and V. παίζειν [[πρός]] (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.).

'''V. intrans.'''

<b class="b2">Move about</b>: P. and V. αἰωρεῖσθαι; see [[move]], [[hover]].

'''subs.'''

P. and V. [[παιδιά]], ἡ.
<b class="b2">Speak in play</b>: P. and V. παίζων εἰπεῖν.
<b class="b2">Piece for acting</b>: Ar. and P. [[δρᾶμα]], τό.
<b class="b2">Give play to, exercise</b>: Ar. and P. μελετᾶν, P. and V. γυμνάζειν. Use, <b class="b2">put into operation</b>: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
<b class="b2">Make a display of</b>: P. and V. ἐνδείκνυσθαι.
<b class="b2">Call into play</b>: P. and V. κινεῖν, ἐγείρειν; see [[evoke]].
<b class="b2">Fair play</b>: P. [[ἐπιείκεια]], ἡ.
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