παίγνιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[plaything]], [[toy]], ἄνθρωπον θεοῦ τι παίγνιον εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>803c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>288c</span>; τύχης π. <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">πλοῖον ἀνέμων π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">17</span>; <b class="b3">οἷον π. φεῦγον</b>, of Matter because of its instability, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.6.7</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>797b</span>, etc.; [[dainties]], <span class="bibl">Ephipp. 24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[darling]], [[pet]], <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.9.3</span>: also in pl. (of one person), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>922</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>59</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.50</span>, the Egyptians are called <b class="b3">κακὰ παίγνια</b>, roguish [[cheats]],—unless here it be acc. cogn. ([[dirty tricks]]) after [[παίζω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[game]], Κουρήτων ἐνόπλια π. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>796b</span>: metaph., [[child's play]], of an easy task, <span class="bibl">Euphro 1.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[comic performance]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>816e</span>, <span class="bibl">Ephipp.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Suet.<span class="title">Aug.</span>99</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[light poem]], AP6.322 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">Plb.16.21.12</span>; <b class="b3">Ὁμήρου, Κράτητος π</b>., <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span> 2.60d</span>, <span class="bibl">6.199d</span>; title of poems by Philetas, Stob.2.4.5, al.; applied to those of Theocritus, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>15.19</span>: metaph., of the [[merry chirp]] of the cicada, <span class="title">AP</span>7.196.6 (Mel.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of a prose [[trifle]], <span class="bibl">Gorg.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Δημοκρίτου παίγνια [[jocular recipes]], PMag.Lond.121.167.</span>