περιεργάζομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. περιεργάσομαι, [[περίεργος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[take more pains than enough about]] a thing, [[waste one's labour on]] it, c. part., περιεργάζοντο δοκέοντες πρῶτοι ἀνθρώπων γεγονέναι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.15; Σωκράτης π. ζητῶν τά τε ὑπὸ γῆς καὶ οὐράνια Pl.''Ap.''19b; περιείργασμαι μὲν ἐγὼ περὶ τούτων εἰπὼν περιείργασται δ' ἡ πόλις ἡ πεισθεῖσ' ἐμοί D.18.72: c. dat. modi, <b class="b3">τῷ θυλάκῳ περιερλάσθαι</b> [[that they had overdone it]] with their '[[sack]]' (i.e. need not have used the word), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.46; <b class="b3">π. τοῖς σημείοις</b> [[overact one's part]], Arist.''Po.''1462a6; <b class="b3">π. τῷ οἰκιδίῳ</b> [[go to a needless expense]] with his house, Ael.''VH''4.11; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ περιείργασται ἐν αὐτοῖς</b> nor has he [[lavished useless pains]] upon... Luc.''Herod.''6 (but pf. in pass. sense, πλέον οὐδὲν περιείρλασται τῷ Θέωνι Ael.''VH''2.44).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., <b class="b3">π. τι καινόν</b> to [[be busy about]] 'some new thing', Ar.''Ec.''220; αἱ μέλιτται π. τὸ παιδίον Philostr.''Im.''2.12; [[meddle]], [[interfere with]], <b class="b3">τὰ ἀλλότρια</b> Chiloap.Stob. 3.1.172; τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν οὐδέν Plb.18.51.2: abs., to [[be a busybody]], D.26.15, 32.28, Men.''Epit.''358, Lib.''Ep.''1068.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bargain]], [[haggle]], περὶ τῆς τιμῆς ''PCair.Zen.''393.5 (iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> in good sense, [[elaborate]], Men.Rh.p.394 S.,al.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[investigate thoroughly]], τὰ λεληθότα Jul.''Or.''7.217c, cf. Eun.''Hist.''p.250 D.; [[seek diligently]], <b class="b3">π. πόθεν ἡ εἴσοδος</b> Zos.Alch.p.111 B.<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ταῦτα π.</b> [[have]] this [[effect]], of substances, Gal.18(1).484.