παίω

English (LSJ)

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.