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|Definition=Boeot. πήω Hdn.Gr.2.949; Att. 2sg. imper. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> παῖ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.18</span> codd.: fut. παίσω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>688</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.19</span>, παιήσω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1125</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>459</span>: aor. ἔπαισα <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>2.509.4, al. (Crete, v B. C.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 397</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.10</span>: pf. πέπαικα <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>22.28</span>, (<b class="b3">ὑπερ</b>-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1118</span>, <span class="bibl">D.50.34</span>:—Med., impf. ἐπαιόμην <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>24</span>: aor. ἐπαισάμην <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.3.6</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐπαίσθην <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>957</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>184</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>10</span>: pf. <b class="b3">πέπαισμαι</b> (ἐμ-) <span class="bibl">Ath.12.543f</span>; but the pass. tenses were mainly supplied by <b class="b3">πλήσσω</b> (παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>171</span>); and <b class="b3">ἐπάταξα</b> (from <b class="b3">πατάσσω</b>) was generally used as aor.:—poet. Verb (not in Hom., rare in Att. Prose), <b class="b2">strike, smite</b>, whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon, σκυτάλοισί τινας <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.137</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1384</span>, etc.: freq. with acc. omitted, παισθεὶς ἔπαισας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>957</span>; <b class="b3">παῖε πᾶς</b> <b class="b2">strike home!</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>685</span>; <b class="b3">παισάτω πᾶς</b> (<b class="b3">παῖς</b> codd.), παῖ δή, παῖ δή X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span> l.c.; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.107</span>; π. τινὰ μάστιγι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>242</span> (lyr.), etc.; π. ὑφ' ἧπαρ αὑτήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1315</span>; παίσας πρὸς ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1063</span>; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>549</span>; εἰς τὰ στέρνα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 4.6.4</span>; τινὰ ἐς πλευρὰν ξίφει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>794</span>; κατὰ τὸ στέρνον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.26</span>; κάρα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>308</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>1270</span>; τὸν νῶτόν τινος <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.43</span>: c. dupl. acc., π. ῥοπάλῳ τινὰ τὸ νῶτον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>497</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ὀλίγας π</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">πληγάς</b>) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.12</span>; <b class="b3">τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις</b> (sc. <b class="b3">πληγήν</b>) <b class="b2">;</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1309</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. ἅλμην</b>, of rowers, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>397</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1391</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν</b> <b class="b2">he smote his</b> thigh, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 7.3.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>24</span>:—Pass., παιομένους <span class="bibl">Th.4.47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 416</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πὺξ παιόμενος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys. 4.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> rarely of missiles, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.18</span>:—Pass., τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς Plu.2.665d; of atoms, <b class="b3">παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον</b> ib.1111e. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. instrumenti, <b class="b2">drive, dash</b> one thing against another, <b class="b3">ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε</b> <b class="b2">struck</b> its beak against... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>409</span>; π. λαιμῶν εἴσω ξίφος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1472</span> (lyr.); [ναῦς] θάλασσα π. πρὸς χωρία δύσορμα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>15</span>: metaph., ἐν δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς . . μέγα βάρος ἔπαισεν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1274</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">drive away</b>, τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>456</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of sexual intercourse, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>874</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">hit hard in speaking</b>, π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>686</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>63.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> metaph., <b class="b2">quench</b> one's <b class="b2">thirst</b>, διψῶντα . . ὄξει παίειν <span class="bibl">Eub. 138</span> (anap.); cf. πατάσσω <span class="bibl">11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">strike, dash against</b> or <b class="b2">upon</b>, λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>885</span> (anap.); πρὸς τὰς πέτρας π. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.3</span>: c. acc., ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1007</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας</b>, of a charioteer, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>745</span>. (From <b class="b3">Παϝιω</b>, cf. Lat. <b class="b2">pavio, pavimentum</b>.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">devour</b>, παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>835</span>, cf. Hsch.; perh. to be read in <span class="bibl">Epich. 35.12</span>: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as παίω <span class="bibl">1</span>, but cf. ἐρείδω <span class="bibl">11.2</span>, κόπτω <span class="bibl">1.10</span>, σποδέω <span class="bibl">111</span>, φλάω <span class="bibl">1.2</span>.</span>
|Definition=Boeot. πήω Hdn.Gr.2.949; Att. 2sg. imper. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> παῖ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.18</span> codd.: fut. παίσω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>688</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.19</span>, παιήσω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1125</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>459</span>: aor. ἔπαισα <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>2.509.4, al. (Crete, v B. C.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 397</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.10</span>: pf. πέπαικα <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>22.28</span>, (<b class="b3">ὑπερ</b>-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1118</span>, <span class="bibl">D.50.34</span>:—Med., impf. ἐπαιόμην <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>24</span>: aor. ἐπαισάμην <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.3.6</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐπαίσθην <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>957</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>184</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>10</span>: pf. <b class="b3">πέπαισμαι</b> (ἐμ-) <span class="bibl">Ath.12.543f</span>; but the pass. tenses were mainly supplied by <b class="b3">πλήσσω</b> (παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>171</span>); and <b class="b3">ἐπάταξα</b> (from <b class="b3">πατάσσω</b>) was generally used as aor.:—poet. Verb (not in Hom., rare in Att. Prose), <b class="b2">strike, smite</b>, whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon, σκυτάλοισί τινας <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.137</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1384</span>, etc.: freq. with acc. omitted, παισθεὶς ἔπαισας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>957</span>; <b class="b3">παῖε πᾶς</b> <b class="b2">strike home!</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>685</span>; <b class="b3">παισάτω πᾶς</b> (<b class="b3">παῖς</b> codd.), παῖ δή, παῖ δή X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span> l.c.; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.107</span>; π. τινὰ μάστιγι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>242</span> (lyr.), etc.; π. ὑφ' ἧπαρ αὑτήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1315</span>; παίσας πρὸς ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1063</span>; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>549</span>; εἰς τὰ στέρνα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 4.6.4</span>; τινὰ ἐς πλευρὰν ξίφει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>794</span>; κατὰ τὸ στέρνον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.26</span>; κάρα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>308</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>1270</span>; τὸν νῶτόν τινος <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.43</span>: c. dupl. acc., π. ῥοπάλῳ τινὰ τὸ νῶτον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>497</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ὀλίγας π</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">πληγάς</b>) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.12</span>; <b class="b3">τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις</b> (sc. <b class="b3">πληγήν</b>) <b class="b2">;</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1309</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. ἅλμην</b>, of rowers, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>397</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1391</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν</b> <b class="b2">he smote his</b> thigh, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 7.3.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>24</span>:—Pass., παιομένους <span class="bibl">Th.4.47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 416</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πὺξ παιόμενος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys. 4.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> rarely of missiles, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.18</span>:—Pass., τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς Plu.2.665d; of atoms, <b class="b3">παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον</b> ib.1111e. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. instrumenti, <b class="b2">drive, dash</b> one thing against another, <b class="b3">ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε</b> <b class="b2">struck</b> its beak against... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>409</span>; π. λαιμῶν εἴσω ξίφος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1472</span> (lyr.); [ναῦς] θάλασσα π. πρὸς χωρία δύσορμα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>15</span>: metaph., ἐν δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς . . μέγα βάρος ἔπαισεν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1274</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">drive away</b>, τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>456</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of sexual intercourse, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>874</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">hit hard in speaking</b>, π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>686</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>63.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> metaph., <b class="b2">quench</b> one's <b class="b2">thirst</b>, διψῶντα . . ὄξει παίειν <span class="bibl">Eub. 138</span> (anap.); cf. πατάσσω <span class="bibl">11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">strike, dash against</b> or <b class="b2">upon</b>, λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>885</span> (anap.); πρὸς τὰς πέτρας π. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.3</span>: c. acc., ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1007</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας</b>, of a charioteer, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>745</span>. (From <b class="b3">Παϝιω</b>, cf. Lat. <b class="b2">pavio, pavimentum</b>.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">devour</b>, παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>835</span>, cf. Hsch.; perh. to be read in <span class="bibl">Epich. 35.12</span>: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as παίω <span class="bibl">1</span>, but cf. ἐρείδω <span class="bibl">11.2</span>, κόπτω <span class="bibl">1.10</span>, σποδέω <span class="bibl">111</span>, φλάω <span class="bibl">1.2</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0444.png Seite 444]] fut. gew. παιήσω, Ar. Nubb. 1109 Lys. 459, aor. immer ἔπαισα, aor. pass. ἐπαίσθην, 1) <b class="b2">schlagen</b>, hauen; absolut, παῖε πᾶς, schlag zu, Eur. Rhes. 685; gew. c. accus., παῖε πᾶς τὸν μιαρόν, Ar. Ach. 282; παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν, Einen zu Boden schlagen, Her. 9, 107; παισθεὶς ἔπαισας, Aesch. Spt. 940; ἐπαίσθην ὡς διανταίῳ βέλει, Ch. 182; auch [[πότμος]] ἔπαισεν [[ἕρμα]], Ag. 978; παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες, von den sich wechselseitig Tödtenden, Soph. Ant. 171; τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις; warum gab mir keiner den Todesstoß? 1294; u. von schwerem Unglück, εἰ δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς μέγα [[βάρος]] μ' ἔχων ἔπαισεν, Ant. 1260; τόδ' εἰ [[στέρνον]] παίειν προθυμῇ, παῖσον; Ar. παίειν εἰς τὴν γαστέρα, Nubb. 541; παιόμενος, Plat. Legg. IX, 872 c; μαχαίρᾳ, λόγχῃ, Xen. An. 5, 9, 5. 8, 16; ὀλίγας, sc. [[πληγάς]], 5, 8, 12; auch von Wurfgeschossen, 1, 8, 26, vgl. mit D. Sic. 14, 23 u. Plut. Artax. 11; med. ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν, Xen. Cyr. 7, 3, 6. – Vom Beischlaf, Ar. Pax 839, bei dem παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν, Ach. 800, das hastige Essen (vulgär »hineinschlagen«) bedeutet. – 2) intransit., <b class="b2">hinschlagen, anschlagen</b>, λίθοι φερόμενοι παίοντες πρὸς τὰς πέτρας διεσφενδονῶντο, Xen. An. 4, 2, 2; u. übertr., θολεροὶ δὲ λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῆ στυγνῆς πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης, Aesch. Prom. 887.
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Transliteration A: paíō Transliteration B: paiō Transliteration C: paio Beta Code: pai/w

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Boeot. πήω Hdn.Gr.2.949; Att. 2sg. imper.

   A παῖ X.Cyn.6.18 codd.: fut. παίσω E.El.688, X.An.3.2.19, παιήσω Ar.Nu.1125, Lys.459: aor. ἔπαισα Supp.Epigr.2.509.4, al. (Crete, v B. C.), A.Pers. 397, X.An.5.8.10: pf. πέπαικα LXX Nu.22.28, (ὑπερ-) Ar.Ec.1118, D.50.34:—Med., impf. ἐπαιόμην Plu.Pomp.24: aor. ἐπαισάμην X. Cyr.7.3.6:—Pass., aor. ἐπαίσθην A.Th.957, Ch.184, Luc.Salt.10: pf. πέπαισμαι (ἐμ-) Ath.12.543f; but the pass. tenses were mainly supplied by πλήσσω (παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες S.Ant.171); and ἐπάταξα (from πατάσσω) was generally used as aor.:—poet. Verb (not in Hom., rare in Att. Prose), strike, smite, whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon, σκυτάλοισί τινας Hdt.3.137, cf. A.Ag. 1384, etc.: freq. with acc. omitted, παισθεὶς ἔπαισας Id.Th.957; παῖε πᾶς strike home!, E.Rh.685; παισάτω πᾶς (παῖς codd.), παῖ δή, παῖ δή X.Cyn. l.c.; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν Hdt.9.107; π. τινὰ μάστιγι S.Aj.242 (lyr.), etc.; π. ὑφ' ἧπαρ αὑτήν Id.Ant.1315; παίσας πρὸς ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ E.Or.1063; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα Ar.Nu.549; εἰς τὰ στέρνα X.Cyr. 4.6.4; τινὰ ἐς πλευρὰν ξίφει E.Rh.794; κατὰ τὸ στέρνον X.An.1.8.26; κάρα S.Aj.308, cf. OT1270; τὸν νῶτόν τινος Alciphr.3.43: c. dupl. acc., π. ῥοπάλῳ τινὰ τὸ νῶτον Ar.Av.497: c. acc. cogn., ὀλίγας π. (sc. πληγάς) X.An.5.8.12; τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις (sc. πληγήν) ; S.Ant.1309 (lyr.); π. ἅλμην, of rowers, A.Pers.397, E.IT1391:—Med., ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν he smote his thigh, X.Cyr. 7.3.6, cf. Plu.Pomp.24:—Pass., παιομένους Th.4.47, cf. A.Pers. 416, Antipho 2.4.4, etc.; πὺξ παιόμενος, opp. ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς, Lys. 4.6.    b rarely of missiles, X.Cyr.6.4.18:—Pass., τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς Plu.2.665d; of atoms, παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ib.1111e.    2 c. acc. instrumenti, drive, dash one thing against another, ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε struck its beak against... A.Pers.409; π. λαιμῶν εἴσω ξίφος E.Or.1472 (lyr.); [ναῦς] θάλασσα π. πρὸς χωρία δύσορμα Plu.Pyrrh.15: metaph., ἐν δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς . . μέγα βάρος ἔπαισεν S.Ant.1274 (lyr.).    3 drive away, τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας Ar.V.456.    4 of sexual intercourse, Id.Pax874.    5 hit hard in speaking, π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν Id.Ach.686, cf. Lib. Or.63.34.    6 metaph., quench one's thirst, διψῶντα . . ὄξει παίειν Eub. 138 (anap.); cf. πατάσσω 11.2.    II intr., strike, dash against or upon, λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης A.Pr.885 (anap.); πρὸς τὰς πέτρας π. X.An.4.2.3: c. acc., ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα A.Ag.1007 (lyr.); λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας, of a charioteer, S.El.745. (From Παϝιω, cf. Lat. pavio, pavimentum.)    III devour, παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν Ar.Ach.835, cf. Hsch.; perh. to be read in Epich. 35.12: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as παίω 1, but cf. ἐρείδω 11.2, κόπτω 1.10, σποδέω 111, φλάω 1.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 444] fut. gew. παιήσω, Ar. Nubb. 1109 Lys. 459, aor. immer ἔπαισα, aor. pass. ἐπαίσθην, 1) schlagen, hauen; absolut, παῖε πᾶς, schlag zu, Eur. Rhes. 685; gew. c. accus., παῖε πᾶς τὸν μιαρόν, Ar. Ach. 282; παίειν τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν, Einen zu Boden schlagen, Her. 9, 107; παισθεὶς ἔπαισας, Aesch. Spt. 940; ἐπαίσθην ὡς διανταίῳ βέλει, Ch. 182; auch πότμος ἔπαισεν ἕρμα, Ag. 978; παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες, von den sich wechselseitig Tödtenden, Soph. Ant. 171; τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις; warum gab mir keiner den Todesstoß? 1294; u. von schwerem Unglück, εἰ δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς μέγα βάρος μ' ἔχων ἔπαισεν, Ant. 1260; τόδ' εἰ στέρνον παίειν προθυμῇ, παῖσον; Ar. παίειν εἰς τὴν γαστέρα, Nubb. 541; παιόμενος, Plat. Legg. IX, 872 c; μαχαίρᾳ, λόγχῃ, Xen. An. 5, 9, 5. 8, 16; ὀλίγας, sc. πληγάς, 5, 8, 12; auch von Wurfgeschossen, 1, 8, 26, vgl. mit D. Sic. 14, 23 u. Plut. Artax. 11; med. ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν, Xen. Cyr. 7, 3, 6. – Vom Beischlaf, Ar. Pax 839, bei dem παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν, Ach. 800, das hastige Essen (vulgär »hineinschlagen«) bedeutet. – 2) intransit., hinschlagen, anschlagen, λίθοι φερόμενοι παίοντες πρὸς τὰς πέτρας διεσφενδονῶντο, Xen. An. 4, 2, 2; u. übertr., θολεροὶ δὲ λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῆ στυγνῆς πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης, Aesch. Prom. 887.