μοιχεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[commit adultery with]] a woman, [[debauch]] her, c. acc., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''558, Lys. 1.15, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 360b:—Pass., of the woman, Ar.''Pax''980 (anap.); μοιχευθῆναί τινι Arist.''HA''586a3; <b class="b3">μεμοιχεῦσθαι ὑπ' ἀλλήλων</b>, of birds, ib.619a10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[worship idolatrously]], τὸ ξύλον καὶ τὸν λίθον [[LXX]] ''Je.''3.9.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[commit adultery]], Xenoph.11.3; ἐμοίχευσάς τι Ar.''Nu.''1076, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.5, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1129b21.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., in fut. Med. (in pass. sense), <b class="b3">οὐ μοιχεύσεταί μου τὰ φιλήματα</b> her kisses [[shall]] not be [[adulterous]]ly stolen from me, Ach.Tat.4.8.