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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[smile]], Ep. Verb, only 3sg. aor. μείδησε <span class="bibl">Il.1.595</span>, <span class="bibl">5.426</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.609</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span> 115</span>, etc.; part. μειδήσας, -σασα <span class="bibl">Il.1.596</span>, etc.; inf. μειδῆσαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span> 204</span>; <b class="b3">μείδησε σαρδάνιον</b> (v. <b class="b3">Σαρδάνιος</b>) <span class="bibl">Od.20.301</span>; opp. <b class="b3">γελᾶν</b>, [[laugh aloud]], <b class="b3">μειδῆσαι γελάσαι τε</b> <span class="title">h.Cer.</span>l.c.; <b class="b3">κάρχαρόν τι μειδήσας</b> [[grinning]] so as to show his teeth, <span class="bibl">Babr.94.6</span>:—pres. is supplied by μειδιάω, used by Hom. only in Ep. part. μειδιόων <span class="bibl">Il.7.212</span>, <span class="bibl">23.786</span>; -ιόωσα <span class="bibl">21.491</span>: later 3sg. μειδιάει <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>10.3</span>, μειδιᾷ <span class="bibl">Theoc.30.5</span>; part. μειδιάων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>7.14</span>, μειδιῶσα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>513</span>; inf. μειδιᾶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>130a</span>: impf. ἐμειδία <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>3.2</span>; Ep. μειδιάασκε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span>41</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S. 9.117</span>: aor. I ἐμειδίᾱσα Plu.2.172b, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>20.11</span>; inf. μειδιᾶσαι <span class="bibl">Apollod.1.5.3</span>; part. μειδιάσας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86d</span>; Aeol. fem. -ιάσαισα Sapph.1.14. (Cf. Skt. [[smáyati]], Lett. [[smaidīt]] 'smile', etc.)</span>