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|Definition=Dor. [[παίσδω]] Theoc.15.42: Lacon. pres. part. gen. pl. fem. παιδδωἇν Ar. ''Lys.''1313 (lyr.): fut. παιξοῦμαι Syrac. in X.''Smp.'' 9.2,<br><span class="bld">A</span> παίξομαι [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''6.21, ''AP''12.46 (Asclep.), [[παίξω]] ib.211 (Strat.), ''Anacreont.''41.8: aor. 1 ἔπαισα Hom. (v. infr.), Ar.''Pl.''1055, etc.: pf. πέπαικα Men.923.3: pf. Pass. πέπαισμαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.77 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πέπλασται]]), Ar.''Th.''1227; imper. πεπαίσθω Pl.''Euthd.''278d: also aor. ἔπαιξα Crates Com.23, Ctes.''Fr.''29.59, [[LXX]] ''Jd.''16.25, Luc.''DDeor.''6.4, etc.: pf. πέπαιχα Plu.''Dem.''9:—Pass., aor. ἐπαίχθην Id.2.123f, Hld.8.6: pf. πέπαιγμαι ''Epigr.Gr.''979.3 (Philae); inf. [[πεπαῖχθαι]] Timarch. ap. Ath.11.501f; imper. πεπαίχθω Phld.''Mus.''p.106 K., Fronto ''Epig.Gr.''5.86: Hom. uses only pres. and impf., and (in Od.8.251) aor. imper. [[παίσατε]]; Trag. only pres.: ([[παῖς]]):—prop., [[play like a child]], [[sport]], τῇ δέ θ' ἅμα Νύμφαι… ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι Od.6.106, cf. 7.291 (never in Il.), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.114, etc.: metaph., αἰὼν [[παῖς]] ἐστὶ [[παίζων]], πεσσεύων = [[time]] is a [[child]] [[play]]ing [[draught]]s Heraclit.52.<br><span class="bld">2</span> esp. [[dance]], παίσατε Od.8.251; δῶμα περιστεναχίζετο ποσσὶν ἀνδρῶν παιζόντων 23.147, cf. Hes.''Sc.''277; π. τε καὶ χορεύειν Ar.''Ra.''409, cf. 390; ἐνόπλια χαλκωθεὶς ἔπαιζεν Pi.''O.''13.86:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ πέπαισται μετρίως ἡμῖν</b>, of the chorus, Ar. ''Th.''1227.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[play]] [a game], σφαίρῃ π. Od.6.100; κλεψύδρῃ Emp.100.9; <b class="b3">κύβοις ἐπὶ συνθήκαις π.</b> Ctes.l.c.; <b class="b3">ἀντ' ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι π.</b> Pherecr.43, cf. Antiph.92; <b class="b3">π. διὰ γραμμῆς</b> (v. [[γραμμή]] III. 2); π. πρὸς κότταβον Pl.Com.46.1; <b class="b3">μετά τινων</b> with others, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.114: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">κότταβον ἀγκύλῃ π.</b> Anacr.53 (dub.); σφαῖραν Plu.''Alex.''73; π. παιδιὰν πρός τινα Ar.''Pl.''1055, cf. Pl.''Alc.''1.110b; <b class="b3">κύνα καὶ πόλιν π.</b>, of a game similar to our draughts, Cratin. 56: with Advbs., <b class="b3">φαινίνδα π.</b> Antiph.283, cf. Crates Com. [[l.c.]], etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[play]] on a [[musical]] [[instrument]], ''h.Ap.''206: c. acc., Πὰν ὁ καλαμόφθογγα παίζων Ar.''Ra.''230; [[dance and sing]], Pi. ''O.''1.16.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[play amorously]], πρὸς ἀλλήλους X.''Smp.''9.2; μετά τινος [[LXX]] ''Ge.''26.8; of mares, Arist.''HA''572a30.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[hunt]], [[pursue game]], π. κατ' ἄλσος S. ''El.''567.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[jest]], [[sport]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.28, 5.4, 9.11; opp. [[σπουδάζω]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.1.1; opp. <b class="b3">σπουδῇ λέγω</b>, Id.''Cyr.''8.3.47; <b class="b3">παίζετε ταῦτα λέγοντες</b> (opp. [[σπουδάζετε]]) Pl.''Euthd.''283b; π. καὶ χλευάζειν Ar.''Ra.''376; π. καὶ γελᾶν Antiph.218.4; πῖνε, παῖζε Amphis 8; <b class="b3">π. πρός τινα</b> [[make fun]] with a person, E.''HF''952, cf. Pl.''Men.''79a, Men.''Pk.''198; <b class="b3">π. εἴς τι</b> [[play]] with a thing, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 89b: c. Adj. neut., τοιαῦτα ἔπαιζον σπουδῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.6: part. [[παίζων]] is freq. abs., [[jestingly]], Pl.''Tht.''145b, al.; opp. [[σπουδάζων]], Id.''Lg.''636c, al.:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁ λόγος πέπαισται</b> [[has been made up as a jest]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[πέπλασται]]), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.77; <b class="b3">ταῦτα πεπαίσθω ὑμῖν</b> enough of [[jest]], Pl.''Euthd.''278d, cf. ''Phdr.''278b, Phld. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">πεπαῖχθαι τὴν λέξιν</b> Timarch. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">τοῦτο τὸ παιζόμενον</b> 'as the joke is', Plu. 2.1090f; <b class="b3">τὸ Μενεδήμῳ πεπαιγμένον</b> ib.81e; but <b class="b3">οἷα πέπαιγμαι</b>, in act. sense, ''Epigr.Gr.''979.3 (Philae).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[play with]], [[make sport of]], Luc.''Nigr.''20, ''AP''10.64 (Agath.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> Gramm., of words [[play]]ed upon or [[coin]]ed for the [[joke]]'s [[sake]], <b class="b3">οἱ κωμῳδοὶ παίζειν εἰώθασι τὰ τοιαῦτα</b> Sch.Ar.''Av.''42, cf. 68, etc.