ψέγω
Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
English (LSJ)
(A), S.OT338, etc.: fut.
A ψέξω Pl.Grg.518d: aor. ἔψεξα Thgn.611, S.Aj.1130, Pl.Lg.634c, etc.:—Pass., pf. ἔψεγμαι Hp. Acut.51:—blame, censure, τινα Thgn. l.c., A.Ag.186(lyr.), 1403; τι S.OC977, etc.; λόγον δοῦναι . . περὶ ὧν ψέγουσι Pl.Tht.177b; διά τι Id.Prt.346c; ἐπί τινι X.HG6.5.49: c. acc. rei, τὸ . . διδάσκειν Id.Eq. 6.5: c. dupl. acc., τίς ποτ' ἐστὶν ὅν γ' ἐγὼ ψέξαιμί τι; S.OC1172; ἃ ψέγομεν τὸν Ἔρωτα Pl.Phdr.243d; ταὐτὰ ψέγων καὶ ἐπαινῶν Id.Grg. 510c, cf. Lg.634c; ψ. τινὰ ὅτι... εἰ... Isoc.Ep.2.15, X.HG6.5.51; τινα c. inf., Pl.R.404d: c. acc. cogn., ψ. ψόγους Id.Grg.483c:—Pass., ἡ ἐπιείκεια οὐ ψέγεται there is no objection to it, we find no fault with it, Th.5.86; ψέγεται ὡς τοιοῦτον ὄν Pl.R.358a; ψεγ[όμενα], of damaged goods, prob. in Supp.Epigr.7.417.18(Dura, iii A. D.).
ψέγω (B), in compd. ἐπιψέγω (q. v.), cf. ψέγος.
