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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[work]] raw materials, [[εἴρια]], [[κέρα]], Il.3.388,4.110; [[work curiously]], [[form by art]], [κρητῆρα] Σιδόνες πολυδαίδαλοι εὖ ἤσκησαν ib. 23.743; ἑρμῖν' ἀσκήσας Od.23.198; <b class="b3">πτύξασα καὶ ἀσκήσασα χιτῶνα</b> having folded and [[smoothed]] it, ib.1.439; ἅρμα.. χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ εὖ ἤσκηται Il.10.438; <b class="b3">χορὸν ἤσκησεν</b> ib.18.592; γόμφοις ἀ. Emp.87: added in aor. part. to Verbs, [θρόνον] τεύξει ἀσκήσας [[elaborately]], Il.14.240; [χρυσὸν] βοὸς κέρασιν περίχευεν ἀσκήσας Od.3.437; [ἑανὸν] ἔξυσ' ἀσκήσασα Il.14.179.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of personal [[adornment]], [[dress out]], [[trick out]], ἀ. τινὰ κόσμῳ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.1; ἐς κάλλος ἀσκεῖ [[deck]]s herself, E.''El.''1073; δέμας Id.''Tr.''1023:—freq. in Pass., <b class="b3">σκιεροῖς ἠσκημένα γυίοις</b> [[furnish]]ed with... Emp.61.4; πέπλοισι Περσικοῖς ἠσκημένη A.''Pers.''182; οὐ χλιδαῖς ἠσκημένον S.''El.''452; of buildings, παστὰς ἠσκημένη στύλοισι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.169; Παρίῳ λίθῳ ἠσκημένα Id.3.57: abs., οἴκημα ἠσκημένον Id.2.130; <b class="b3">σῶμα λόγοις ἠσκ</b>. [[trick]]ed out with words only, not real, S.''El.'' 1217:—Med., <b class="b3">σῶμ' ὅπλοις ἠσκήσατο</b> [[adorn]]ed his own person, E.''Hel.'' 1379, cf.''Alc.''161.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in Pi., [[honour]] a [[divinity]], [[do]] him [[reverence]], δαίμον' ἀσκήσω θεραπεύων ''P.''3.109; ἀσκεῖται [[Θέμις]] ''O.''8.22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[practise]], [[exercise]], [[train]], especially in Prose and Com., properly of athletic exercise,<br><span class="bld">1</span> c. acc. of person or thing, ἀ. τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τρόπον Ar.''Pl.''47; ἀ. τὰ σώματα εἰς ἰσχύν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.1.20, cf. ''Mem.''1.2.19; ἐχθρὸν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς τηλικοῦτον ἠσκήκαμεν D.3.28:—Pass., σώματα εὖ ἠσκημένα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.41; εἰς ἀγῶνα ἄμεινον ἡμῶν ἤσκηνται D.9.52; ἀσκεῖσθαι λέγειν Luc.''Demon.''4; τὴν Κυνικὴν ἄσκησιν Id.''Tox.''27; λόγοις D.C.45.2; ἐν παιδείᾳ Id.60.2; πρός τι D.S.2.54.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. of the thing practised, <b class="b3">ἀ. τέχνην, πεντάεθλον</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.125, 9.33; λόγους Democr.53a,110; μανθάνειν καὶ ἀ. τι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 509e; <b class="b3">ἀ. παγκράτιον, στάδιον</b>, etc., Id.''Lg.''795b, ''Thg.''128e; ἠσκηκέναι μηδεμίαν ἄσκησιν κυριωτέραν τῆς πολεμικῆς Arist.''Pol.''1271b5: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀ. τὴν ἀληθείην, δικαιοσύνην</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.209, 1.96; δίκαια S.''OC''913; ἀρετήν E.''Fr.''853, Pl. ''R.''407a; κακότητα [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1066 (lyr.), cf. S.''Tr.''384; ἀσέβειαν E.''Ba.''476; τὰ δίκαια Crates Theb.12; λαλιάν Ar.''Nu.''931 (anap.): c. dupl. acc., ἀ. αὑτόν τε καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὑτῷ τὰ πολεμικά [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.6.10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">ἄσκει τοιαύτη μένειν</b> [[practise]], [[endeavour]] to [[remain]] such, S.''El.''1024; λέγειν ἠσκηκότες Id.''Fr.''963; εὐσεβεῖν ἠσκηκότα E.''Fr.''1067; <b class="b3">ἀ. γαστρὸς κρείττους εἶναι, τοὺς φίλους ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.2.45,5.5.12, cf. ''Mem.''2.1.6; <b class="b3">ἤσκει ἐξομιλεῖν παντοδαποῖς</b> he made a [[practice]] of associating... Id.''Ages.''11.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> abs., [[practise]], [[go into training]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 389c, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.1.29; [[οἱ ἀσκέοντες]] = [[those who practise gymnastics]], Hp.''Acut.'' 9; περὶ τὰς βαναύσους τέχνας Plb.9.20.9.