δυσωπέω
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
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A ἐδυσώπησα Luc.Asin.38: (ὄψ):—put out of countenance, abash, τινά Ph.1.291, Plu.2.418e, Luc. l.c., S.E.P.3.66, etc.; οὐδὲν αὐτὴν ἐδυσώπει X.Eph.4.5: c. acc. inf., shame a person with doing a thing, J.BJ1.6.5, al.: esp. of importunate persons, δ. τινὰ δεήσει ib.3.8.6; so, entreat, ἥκειν ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλῶ καὶ δ. Hld.10.2: abs., to be importunate, αἰσχυνόμενοι ἀντιλέγειν τοῖς ἀγνωμόνως δυσωποῦσιν ὕστερον δυσωποῦνται τοὺς δικαίως ἐγκαλοῦντας Plu.2.532d:—Pass., θεὸν εἶναι τὴν ἠχὼ δυσωποῦμαι I am constrained to believe that, Jul.Ep.189, cf. Marcellin.Puls.23; to be susceptible to importunity, τὴν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀναισχύντως λιπαρούντων ἧτταν, ἣν ἔνιοι δυσωπεῖσθαι καλοῦσιν Plu.Brut.6; δυσωπεῖν τὴν ὄψιν to disgust, Id.Lyc. 9; alarm, πάθος δ. τινά Procop.Arc.2. II in early writers only Pass., impf. ἐδυσωπούμην Pl.Phdr.242c:—to be put out of countenance, abs., Id.Plt.285b, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id.Lg.933a; δ. μή . . Id.Phdr. l.c.; τινί Plb.20.12.6; ἐπί τινι Ph.1.639; εἰ . . Id.2.423; περί τινος Phld.Rh.1.297 S.; of animals, to be shy, timid, X.Mem.2.1.4. 2 c. acc., to be put to shame by, τὴν ἀρετήν τινος Plu.Cor.15; τὴν χάριν Lib.Decl.37.19: but more freq. fight shy of, ὄνομα D.H.Comp.12 (so in Act., look askance at, δ. καὶ ὑποπτεύω μήποτ' οὐ Λυσίου ὁ λόγος Id.Lys.11), cf. Phryn.166; ὑφορᾶν καὶ δ. Them.Or.26.330b; διὰ τοὔνομα τὴν μοναρχίαν Plu.Sol.14; regard with aversion, ὄψα Ael.Fr.182; disapprove of, Phld.Hom.p.55 O.: c. inf., to be ashamed to do, . . εἰπεῖν D.Chr.32.7, cf. 36.54; also τὴν ἀντίδοσιν δ. feel ashamed to reply, Jul. Ep.184. III intr.in Act., to see with difficulty, Luc.Lex.4.
