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προσμειδιάω

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: prosmeidiáō Transliteration B: prosmeidiaō Transliteration C: prosmeidiao Beta Code: prosmeidia/w

English (LSJ)

   A smile upon, τινι Plu.2.821f, etc.; εὑρησιλογίαις ib. 28a; αὐτοῖς ἡ Τύχη -εμειδίασε Chor.Brum.6: abs., Luc.Merc.Cond.7, 16.

German (Pape)

[Seite 772] anlächeln, zulächeln, τινί, Luc. merc. cond. 7. 16; Plut., der auch verbindet ὄχλων ἀεὶ τῷ διδόντι προσμειδιώντων ἐφήμερόν τινα καὶ ἀβέβαιον δόξαν, reip. ger. praec. 29; vgl. Lob. Phryn. p. 463.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

προσμειδιάω: μειδιῶ πρός τινα μετὰ τῆς ἐννοίας τοῦ ἐπιδοκιμάζω, Λατ. arrideo, τινι Πλούτ. 2. 23Α, 821F, κτλ.· ἀπολ., Λουκ. π. τῶν ἐπὶ Μισθ. Συνόντ. 7 καὶ 16.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
sourire à, τινι ; τινί τι faire à qqn la faveur de qch.
Étymologie: πρός, μειδιάω.

Greek Monotonic

προσμειδιάω: μέλ. -άσω [ᾱ], χαμογελώ σε κάποιον με την έννοια της επιδοκιμασίας, Λατ. arrideo, σε Λουκ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

προσμειδιάω: улыбаться, обращаться с улыбкой (τινι Plut., Luc.).

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

προσ-μειδιάω toelachen.

Middle Liddell

fut. άσω
to smile upon, with a sense of approving, Lat. arrideo, Luc.