προσπαίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -παίξομαι <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.118</span>: aor. προσέπαισα <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthd.</span>283b</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.65</span>; also [[προσέπαιξα]] ib.<span class="bibl">5</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>63</span>:—[[play]] or [[sport with]], τινι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.1.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>278b</span>; of a partridge, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>3.4</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">προσπαίζουσα τοῖς ὤμοις κόμη</b> [[playing over]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[sport]], [[jest]], π. ἐν λόγοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>262d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 653e</span>, <span class="bibl">804b</span>; opp. [[σπουδάζειν]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>283b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[laugh at]], [[make fun]] or [[sport of]], τινι <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>182</span>, Plu.2.197d, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Caes.</span>63</span>; [[satirize]], τινι <span class="bibl">D.L.4.61</span>, <span class="bibl">7.164</span>:—Med., App. l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., <b class="b3">θεοὺς π</b>. [[sing to]] the gods, [[sing in]] their [[praise]] or [[honour]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>980b</span>: c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">ὕμνον προσεπαίσαμεν . . τὸν . . Ἔρωτα</b> [[sang]] a hymn [[in praise of]] Eros, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>265c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[banter]], τοὺς ῥήτορας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mx.</span>235c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Euthd.</span>285a</span>; <b class="b3">π. τὸν κύνα, τὸν ἄρκτον</b>, [[tantalize]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dom.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.45</span>.</span>