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|Definition=τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[plaything]], [[toy]], ἄνθρωπον θεοῦ τι παίγνιον εἶναι Pl.''Lg.''803c, cf. ''Plt.''288c; τύχης παίγνιον Secund.''Sent.''7; πλοῖον ἀνέμων παίγνιον ib.17; οἷον παίγνιον φεῦγον, of Matter because of its [[instability]], Plot.3.6.7: in plural, Pl.''Lg.''797b, etc.; [[dainty|dainties]], Ephipp. 24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[darling]], [[pet]], Anaxandr.9.3: also in plural (of one person), Ar.''Ec.''922, Plu.''Ant.''59.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Theoc.15.50, the Egyptians are called κακὰ παίγνια, [[roguish]] [[cheat]]s,—unless here it be acc. cogn. ([[dirty]] [[trick]]s) after [[παίζω]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[game]], Κουρήτων ἐνόπλια παίγνια Pl. ''Lg.''796b: metaph., [[child's play]], of an easy task, Euphro 1.35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[comic performance]], Pl.''Lg.''816e, Ephipp.7, Suet.''Aug.''99.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[light poem]], AP6.322 (Leon.), Plb.16.21.12; Ὁμήρου παίγνιον, Κράτητος παίγνιον, Jul.''Or.'' 2.60d, 6.199d; title of poems by [[Philetas]], Stob.2.4.5, al.; applied to those of [[Theocritus]], Ael.''NA''15.19: metaph., of the [[merry]] [[chirp]] of the [[cicada]], ''AP''7.196.6 (Mel.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> of a prose [[trifle]], Gorg.''Hel.'' 21.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Δημοκρίτου παίγνια = [[jocular]] [[recipe]]s, PMag.Lond.121.167.