δυσωπέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐδυσώπησα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>38</span>: (ὄψ):—<b class="b2">put out of countenance, abash</b>, τινά <span class="bibl">Ph.1.291</span>, Plu.2.418e, Luc. l.c., <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>3.66</span>, etc.; οὐδὲν αὐτὴν ἐδυσώπει <span class="bibl">X.Eph.4.5</span>: c. acc. inf., <b class="b2">shame</b> a person with doing a thing, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.6.5</span>, al.: esp. of importunate persons, <b class="b3">δ. τινὰ δεήσει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.8.6</span>; so, <b class="b2">entreat</b>, ἥκειν ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλῶ καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Hld.10.2</span>: abs., <b class="b2">to be importunate</b>, αἰσχυνόμενοι ἀντιλέγειν τοῖς ἀγνωμόνως δυσωποῦσιν ὕστερον δυσωποῦνται τοὺς δικαίως ἐγκαλοῦντας Plu.2.532d:—Pass., <b class="b3">θεὸν εἶναι τὴν ἠχὼ δυσωποῦμαι</b> I <b class="b2">am constrained to believe</b> that, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Ep.</span>189</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Marcellin.<span class="title">Puls.</span>23</span>; <b class="b2">to be susceptible to importunity</b>, τὴν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀναισχύντως λιπαρούντων ἧτταν, ἣν ἔνιοι δυσωπεῖσθαι καλοῦσιν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">δυσωπεῖν τὴν ὄψιν</b> <b class="b2">to disgust</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lyc.</span> 9</span>; <b class="b2">alarm</b>, πάθος δ. τινά <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Arc.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in early writers only Pass., impf. ἐδυσωπούμην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>242c</span>:—<b class="b2">to be put out of countenance</b>, abs., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>285b</span>, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>933a</span>; <b class="b3">δ. μή</b> . . Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> l.c.; τινί <span class="bibl">Plb.20.12.6</span>; ἐπί τινι <span class="bibl">Ph.1.639</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Id.2.423</span>; περί τινος Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.297 S.; of animals, <b class="b2">to be shy, timid</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., <b class="b2">to be put to shame by</b>, τὴν ἀρετήν τινος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>15</span>; τὴν χάριν <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Decl.</span>37.19</span>: but more freq. <b class="b2">fight shy of</b>, ὄνομα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>12</span> (so in Act., <b class="b2">look askance at</b>, δ. καὶ ὑποπτεύω μήποτ' οὐ Λυσίου ὁ λόγος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>11</span>), cf. Phryn.166; ὑφορᾶν καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>26.330b</span>; διὰ τοὔνομα τὴν μοναρχίαν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>14</span>; <b class="b2">regard with aversion</b>, ὄψα <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Fr.</span>182</span>; <b class="b2">disapprove of</b>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Hom.</span>p.55</span> O.: c. inf., <b class="b2">to be ashamed to do</b>, . . εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">D.Chr.32.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">36.54</span>; also <b class="b3">τὴν ἀντίδοσιν δ</b>. <b class="b2">feel ashamed to reply</b>, <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Ep.</span>184</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr.in Act., <b class="b2">to see with difficulty</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>4</span>.</span>