προσποιέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[make over to]], [[add]] or [[attach to]], π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν <span class="bibl">Th. 1.55</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">3.70</span>, etc.; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.8.28</span>, etc.; χάριν <span class="bibl">D.60.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.6.1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μνημείῳ κακὸν π</b>. [[do]] damage [[to]], MAMA4.27. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[προσποιέομαι]] 11.3, ὡς εἴη <span class="bibl">X.Eph.1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> mostly in Med., with aor. Pass. in Plb. (v. infr. <span class="bibl">5</span>), <span class="bibl">D.S.15.46</span>, <span class="bibl">19.6</span>:—[[procure for oneself]], ξύλινον πόδα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.37</span>; [[include in one's purview]], <span class="bibl">Plot.6.1.19</span>, <span class="bibl">6.3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">6.3.19</span>: most freq. of persons, [[attach to oneself]], [[win]] or [[gain over]], ἑταιρηΐην <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.77</span>, etc.; τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>215</span>; [[[θεούς]]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>6.3</span>: c.dupl.acc., <b class="b3">φίλους π. τινάς</b> [[as]] friends, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.6</span>; εὔνουν π. τινά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1387</span>; ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>; π. χωρίον ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν <span class="bibl">Id.2.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">take to oneself what does not belong to one, pretend to, lay claim to</b>, c. acc., τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν <span class="bibl">Id.1.137</span>; φήμην <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.166</span>; μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1127b9</span>: c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">π. τῶν χρημάτων</b> <b class="b2">claim some of . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ec.</span>871</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.4.3</span>,<span class="bibl">7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[pretend]], [[affect]], ὀργήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>. δ; τὸ δεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.24</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἔχθραν</b> [[use]] it [[as a pretence]], [[allege]], <span class="bibl">Th.8.108</span>; π. Ἀριστοτέλην <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>50</span>: c.acc.part., προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον <span class="bibl">Ph.2.531</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[pretend]] to do or to be, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.1.13</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι</b> [[profess]] to be, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 519c</span>, cf. <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.108e, etc.; π. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23d, cf. 26e; <b class="b3">ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ</b> (sc. [[εἶναι]]) <span class="bibl">D.18.125</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ ἀποκτείνας π</b>. (sc. [[ἀποκτεῖναι]]) <span class="bibl">Lys.13.75</span>: aor.Pass., -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν <span class="bibl">D.S.19.6</span>: c. inf. fut., [[make as if one]] would, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.20</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> with a neg., [[pretend the contrary]], <b class="b3">δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι</b> one must [[make as if it were]] not [[so]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>1.5</span>; τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων <span class="bibl">D.47.10</span>; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιῇ <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.Fr.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philem.23</span>: aor. Pass., σαφῶς εἰδὼς... οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ <span class="bibl">Plb.5.25.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">31.14.1</span>.</span>