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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[make over to]], [[add]] or [[attach to]], π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν Th. 1.55, cf. 2.2, 3.70, etc.; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει X.''HG''4.8.28, etc.; χάριν D.60.14, cf. Plot.6.1.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μνημείῳ κακὸν π.</b> [[do]] damage [[to]], MAMA4.27.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[προσποιέομαι]] II.3, ὡς εἴη X.Eph.1.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> mostly in Med., with aor. Pass. in Plb. (v. infr. 5), D.S.15.46, 19.6:—[[procure for oneself]], ξύλινον πόδα Hdt.9.37; [[include in one's purview]], Plot.6.1.19, 6.3.8, 6.3.19: most freq. of persons, [[attach to oneself]], [[win]] or [[gain over]], ἑταιρηΐην Hdt.5.71, cf. 6.66, Th.4.77, etc.; τὸν δῆμον [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''215; ([[θεούς]]) X.''Vect.''6.3: c.dupl.acc., <b class="b3">φίλους π. τινάς</b> [[as]] friends, Hdt.1.6; εὔνουν π. τινά E.''Hel.''1387; ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις Th.1.8; π. χωρίον ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν Id.2.30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[take to oneself what does not belong to one]], [[pretend to]], [[lay claim to]], c. acc., τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν Id.1.137; φήμην Aeschin.2.166; μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1127b9: c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">π. τῶν χρημάτων</b> claim some of.., Ar. ''Ec.''871, cf. Is.4.3,7.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[pretend]], [[affect]], ὀργήν Hdt.2.121. δ; τὸ δεῖσθαι Isoc.1.24; <b class="b3">π. ἔχθραν</b> [[use]] it [[as a pretence]], [[allege]], Th.8.108; π. Ἀριστοτέλην Luc.''Pisc.''50: c.acc.part., προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον Ph.2.531.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[pretend]] to do or to be, Hdt.3.2, Antipho 2.4.2, Lys.1.13; <b class="b3">ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι</b> [[profess]] to be, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 519c, cf. ''Alc.''1.108e, etc.; π. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν Id.''Ap.''23d, cf. 26e; <b class="b3">ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]) D.18.125; <b class="b3">μὴ ἀποκτείνας π.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἀποκτεῖναι]]) Lys.13.75: aor.Pass., -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν D.S.19.6: c. inf. fut., [[make as if one]] would, X.''An.''4.3.20, etc.<br><span class="bld">5</span> with a neg., [[pretend the contrary]], <b class="b3">δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι</b> one must [[make as if it were]] not [[so]], Th.3.47, cf. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''1.5; τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων D.47.10; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιῇ Men.''Epit.Fr.''8, cf. Philem.23: aor. Pass., σαφῶς εἰδὼς... οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ Plb.5.25.7, cf. 31.14.1.