δυσωπέω
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
English (LSJ)
aor.
A ἐδυσώπησα Luc.Asin.38: (ὄψ):—put out of countenance, abash, τινά Ph.1.291, Plu.2.418e, Luc. l.c., S.E.P.3.66, etc.; οὐδὲν αὐτὴν ἐδυσώπει X.Eph.4.5: c. acc. inf., shame a person with doing a thing, J.BJ1.6.5, al.: esp. of importunate persons, δ. τινὰ δεήσει ib.3.8.6; so, entreat, ἥκειν ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλῶ καὶ δ. Hld.10.2: abs., to be importunate, αἰσχυνόμενοι ἀντιλέγειν τοῖς ἀγνωμόνως δυσωποῦσιν ὕστερον δυσωποῦνται τοὺς δικαίως ἐγκαλοῦντας Plu.2.532d:—Pass., θεὸν εἶναι τὴν ἠχὼ δυσωποῦμαι I am constrained to believe that, Jul.Ep.189, cf. Marcellin.Puls.23; to be susceptible to importunity, τὴν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀναισχύντως λιπαρούντων ἧτταν, ἣν ἔνιοι δυσωπεῖσθαι καλοῦσιν Plu.Brut.6; δυσωπεῖν τὴν ὄψιν to disgust, Id.Lyc. 9; alarm, πάθος δ. τινά Procop.Arc.2. II in early writers only Pass., impf. ἐδυσωπούμην Pl.Phdr.242c:—to be put out of countenance, abs., Id.Plt.285b, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id.Lg.933a; δ. μή . . Id.Phdr. l.c.; τινί Plb.20.12.6; ἐπί τινι Ph.1.639; εἰ . . Id.2.423; περί τινος Phld.Rh.1.297 S.; of animals, to be shy, timid, X.Mem.2.1.4. 2 c. acc., to be put to shame by, τὴν ἀρετήν τινος Plu.Cor.15; τὴν χάριν Lib.Decl.37.19: but more freq. fight shy of, ὄνομα D.H.Comp.12 (so in Act., look askance at, δ. καὶ ὑποπτεύω μήποτ' οὐ Λυσίου ὁ λόγος Id.Lys.11), cf. Phryn.166; ὑφορᾶν καὶ δ. Them.Or.26.330b; διὰ τοὔνομα τὴν μοναρχίαν Plu.Sol.14; regard with aversion, ὄψα Ael.Fr.182; disapprove of, Phld.Hom.p.55 O.: c. inf., to be ashamed to do, . . εἰπεῖν D.Chr.32.7, cf. 36.54; also τὴν ἀντίδοσιν δ. feel ashamed to reply, Jul. Ep.184. III intr.in Act., to see with difficulty, Luc.Lex.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 691] 1) einen unangenehmen Eindruck aufs Auge machen, ὕδατα δυσωποῦντα τὴν ὄψιν Plut. Lyc. 9; τινά, machen, daß einer den Blick niederschlägt, ihn beschämen, Plut. vit. pud.; ihm Furcht, Bedenklichkeit einflößen, Luc. Asin. 38; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 190; auch Jem. bitten, so daß er aus Scham die Bitte nicht abschlagen kann, Sp., vgl. Schäf. zu Schol. Par. Ap. Rh. p. 245. – 2) wie das pass., fürchten, τί, Plut.; μὴ οὐ, D. Hal. de Lys. 11. – 3) schwer sehen, Luc. Lexiph. 4. – Bei den Aeltern nur pass., Scheu haben, fürchten; τινά, von scheuen Thieren Xen. Mem. 2, 1, 4; vgl. Poll. 1, 197; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Plat. Legg. XI, 933 a; μή τι ἀμείψω Phaedr. 242 c; Folgde; τὴν μοναρχίαν Plut. Sol. li; B. A. 234 wird δυσωποῦμαι erkl. αἰσχύνομαι καὶ ὑφορῶμαι καὶ φοβοῦμαι καὶ τὸ ἀηδῶς ὁρᾶν ἢ ὁρᾶσθαι.
