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|Definition=Boeot. [[πήω]] Hdn.Gr.2.949; Att. 2sg. imper.<br><span class="bld">A</span> παῖ [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cynegeticus|Cyn.]]''6.18 codd.: fut. παίσω E.''El.''688, X.''An.''3.2.19, παιήσω Ar.''Nu.''1125, ''Lys.''459: aor. ἔπαισα ''Supp.Epigr.''2.509.4, al. (Crete, v B. C.), [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]'' 397, X.''An.''5.8.10: pf. πέπαικα [[LXX]] ''Nu.''22.28, ([[ὑπερ]]-) Ar.''Ec.''1118, D.50.34:—Med., impf. ἐπαιόμην Plu.''Pomp.''24: aor. ἐπαισάμην [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.3.6:—Pass., aor. ἐπαίσθην A.''Th.''957, ''Ch.''184, Luc.''Salt.''10: pf. [[πέπαισμαι]] (ἐμ-) Ath.12.543f; but the pass. tenses were mainly supplied by [[πλήσσω]] (παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες S.''Ant.''171); and [[ἐπάταξα]] (from [[πατάσσω]]) was generally used as aor.:—poet. Verb (not in Hom., rare in Att. Prose), [[strike]], [[smite]], whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon, σκυτάλοισί τινας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.137, cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]'' 1384, etc.: freq. with acc. omitted, παισθεὶς ἔπαισας Id.''Th.''957; <b class="b3">παῖε πᾶς</b> strike home!, E.''Rh.''685; <b class="b3">παισάτω πᾶς</b> ([[παῖς]] codd.), παῖ δή, παῖ δή [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cynegeticus|Cyn.]]'' [[l.c.]]; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.107; π. τινὰ μάστιγι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''242 (lyr.), etc.; π. ὑφ' ἧπαρ αὑτήν Id.''Ant.''1315; παίσας πρὸς ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1063; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα Ar.''Nu.''549; εἰς τὰ στέρνα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 4.6.4; τινὰ ἐς πλευρὰν ξίφει E.''Rh.''794; κατὰ τὸ στέρνον X.''An.''1.8.26; κάρα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''308, cf. ''OT''1270; τὸν νῶτόν τινος Alciphr.3.43: c. dupl. acc., π. ῥοπάλῳ τινὰ τὸ νῶτον [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''497: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ὀλίγας π.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[πληγάς]]) X.''An.''5.8.12; <b class="b3">τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[πληγήν]]); S.''Ant.''1309 (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. ἅλμην</b>, of rowers, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''397, E.''IT''1391:—Med., <b class="b3">ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν</b> [[he smote his]] thigh, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 7.3.6, cf. Plu.''Pomp.''24:—Pass., παιομένους Th.4.47, cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]'' 416, Antipho 2.4.4, etc.; <b class="b3">πὺξ παιόμενος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς</b>, Lys. 4.6.<br><span class="bld">b</span> rarely of missiles, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.4.18:—Pass., τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς Plu.2.665d; of atoms, <b class="b3">παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον</b> ib.1111e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. instrumenti, [[drive]], [[dash]] one thing against another, <b class="b3">ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε</b> [[struck]] its beak against... [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''409; π. λαιμῶν εἴσω ξίφος [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1472 (lyr.); [ναῦς] θάλασσα π. πρὸς χωρία δύσορμα Plu.''Pyrrh.''15: metaph., ἐν δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς… μέγα βάρος ἔπαισεν S.''Ant.''1274 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[drive away]], τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας Ar.''V.''456.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of sexual intercourse, Id.''Pax''874.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[hit hard in speaking]], π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν Id.''Ach.''686, cf. Lib. ''Or.''63.34.<br><span class="bld">6</span> metaph., [[quench]] one's [[thirst]], διψῶντα… ὄξει παίειν Eub. 138 (anap.); cf. [[πατάσσω]] II.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[strike]], [[dash against]] or [[upon]], λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''885 (anap.); πρὸς τὰς πέτρας π. X.''An.''4.2.3: c. acc., ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1007 (lyr.); <b class="b3">λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας</b>, of a charioteer, S.''El.''745. (From [[Παϝιω]], cf. Lat. [[pavio]], [[pavimentum]].)<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[devour]], παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''835, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; perhaps to be read in Epich. 35.12: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as παίω ''1'', but cf. [[ἐρείδω]] II.2, κόπτω 1.10, σποδέω ''III'', φλάω 1.2.