play

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

Act a part: P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι. Play Antigone: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι. Play (a piece): P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι, ἀγωνίζεσθαι (Dem. 418 and 449). Play the second part: Ar. δευτεριάζειν. Play third rate parts: P. τριταγωνιστεῖν. Met., play the coward: P. and V. κακίζεσθαι, ψιλοψυχεῖν, P. μαλακίζεσθαι, ἀποδειλιᾶν. Play the man: P. ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι. Play a mean part: P. and V. κακύνεσθαι. Play a part, pretend: Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι. Play a game: Ar. and P. παιδιὰν παίζειν. Play a double game, met.: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν. Play the harp: Ar. and P. κιθαρίζειν. Play the pipe: P. and V. αὐλεῖν. Play pipe to: Ar. προσαυλεῖν (Eccl. 892).

V. intrans.

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

subs.

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