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1 θρύπτω
θρύπτω, [tense] aor. 1 ἔθρυψα ([etym.] ἐν-) Hp.Mul.1.75:—[voice] Pass. and [voice] Med., [tense] fut.Aθρυφθήσομαι Arr.An.4.19.2
;θρύψομαι Ar.
(v. infr. 11.2c), Luc.Symp. 4: [tense] aor. 1 , ([etym.] ὑπ-) dub. in AP5.293.15 (Agath.): [tense] aor. 2 ἐτρύφην [pron. full] [ῠ] ([etym.] δι-) Il.3.363,ἐθρύβην Dsc.5.123
: [tense] pf.τέθρυμμαι Hp.Vict.2.48
: (akin to θραύω):—break in pieces, break small, Pl.Cra. 426e, A.Ag. 1595; Νεῖλος βώλακα θ. Theoc.17.80:—[voice] Pass., to be broken small, , cf. AP12.61; χιόνος τὰ μάλιστα θρυφθησόμενα Arr.l.c.; of dried leguminous seeds, split, Thphr.HP8.11.3, cf. Sens.51; of air, to be dispersed, Arist.de An.l.c., Theo Sm.p.50 H.: the literal sense is more common in compds. ἀπο-, διαθρύπτω, etc.II metaph. in moral sense, enfeeble, esp. by debauchery and luxury,θ. τὰν ψυχάν Ti.Locr.103b
; corrupt, [ τινα] Pl.Lg. 778a, Phld.Mus.p.79K.;θ. τὰς ψυχὰς καὶ τὰ σώματα Jul.Or.1.10c
; [οἱ κόλακες] ἀποκναίουσι τῶν κολακευομένων τὰ ὦτα θρύπτοντες Ph.1.453
; θ. ἑαυτόν,= θρύπτεσθαι (v. infr.), Ael.Ep.9.2 more freq. in [voice] Pass., with [tense] fut. [voice] Med., to be enervated, unmanned,μαλακίᾳ θρύπτεσθαι X.Smp.8.8
;ἁπαλός τε καὶ τεθρυμμένος Luc.Charid.4
; θρύπτεται ἡ ὄψις is enfeebled, Plu.2.936f; οἱ τεθρυμμένοι τὰς ὄψεις weak-sighted people, A.D.Synt.199.5.b wanton, riot, ὅλην ἐκείνην εὐφρόνην ἐθρύπτετο f.l. in [S.]Fr.1127.9, cf. Luc.Pisc.31, Anach.29; display moral weakness, POxy.471.80 (ii A.D.); ἡδοναῖς ἀνάνδροις θ. Plu.2.751b;ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει Phld.Hom.p.55
O.; ὄμμα θρυπτόμενον a languishing eye, AP5.286.8 (Agath.).c to be coy and prudish, bridle up, esp. when asked a favour, ;ὡρᾳζομένη καὶ θρυπτομένη Eup.358
; ἁβρὰ καὶ θ. Charito 5.3;ἐθρύπτετο ὡς οὐκ ἐπιθυμῶν λέγειν Pl.Phdr. 228c
, cf. 236c, X.Smp.8.4; or when one pretends to decline an offer, Plu.Mar.14, Ant.12; θρύπτεσθαι πρός τινα give oneself airs to ward him, Id.Flam. 18, Luc.DMeretr.12.1.d grow conceited, τινι in or of a thing, AP 7.218.2 (Antip. Sid.);ἐσθῆτι πολυτελεῖ Ael.VH1.19
, etc.; brag, Hld. 2.10. -
2 καλός
καλός, ή, όν, [dialect] Aeol. [full] κάλος (v. infr.), α, ον, [dialect] Boeot. [full] καλϝός Schwyzer 538 (vi B. C.):—A beautiful, of outward form, freq. of persons,κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθεν Il.2.673
: in Hom. usu. in the phraseκ. τε μέγας τε Il.21.108
, al.; μέγας καὶ κ. Od.9.513;καλή τε μεγάλη τε 13.289
, 15.418; καλὸς δέμας beautiful of form, 17.307;κ. ἰδέᾳ Pi.O.10
(11). 103;εἶδος κάλλιστος X.Cyr.1.2.1
;κ. τὸ σῶμα Id.Mem.2.6.30
;τὰς ὄψεις Theopomp.Hist.195
; Χορῷ καλή beauteous in the dance, Il. 16.180: c. inf.,καλλίονες καὶ μείζονες εἰσοράασθαι Od.10.396
; ἐσορᾶν κ. Pi.O.8.19: freq. of parts of the body, fair, shapely, κ. πρόσωπα, ὅμματα, παρήϊα, σφυρά, Il.19.285, 23.66, Od.19.208, Il.4.147;Χρώς 5.354
, al.; of clothes, εἵματα, φάρεα, Χιτών, Χλαῖνα, πέδιλα, Od.6.111, 24.277, Il.2.43, Od.10.365, 1.96; ; of arms and armour, κνημῖδες, ἀσπίς, σάκος, κόρυς, φάσγανα, ἔντεα, 3.331, 11.33, 22.314, 18.612, 15.713, Od.19.18; of buildings, manufactured articles, etc.,αὐλὴ κ. τε μεγάλη τε 14.7
; κ. δώματα, τεῖχος, πόλιες, 3.387, Il.21.447, 18.491; ἄμαξα, τράπεζα, θρόνος, 24.267, 11.629, Od.1.131; also τέμενος, ἀγρός, Il.12.314, Od.24.206; so after Hom.,Λύδιον κ. ἔργον Sapph.19
, etc.; ἐέρσα κ. ead.Supp.25.12.2 in [dialect] Att. added to a name in token of love or admiration, as Ἀρίσημος κ. IG12.921, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι τοίχοις ἔγραφ' Ἀθηναῖοι καλοί" Ar. Ach. 144, cf.V.98; Ἀλκιβιάδης ὁ καλός, Σαπφὼ ἡ καλή, Pl.Alc.1.113b, Phdr. 235c.c Καλοί, οἱ, divinities worshipped in childbirth, IG5(1).1445 (Messene, ii B. C.).3 τὸ καλόν beauty, Sapph.79, E.IA21 (anap.), etc.; τὰ καλά the proprieties or elegancies of life, Hdt.1.8, 207;ἁπάντων καλῶν ἄμμορος Pi.O.1.84
;αἱ τέχναι ἃς πηγάς φασι τῶν κ. εἶναι X.Cyr.7.2.13
.II with ref. to use, good, of fine quality,κ. λιμήν Od.6.263
; Βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ.. καλῷ fair, 14.253, 299; κ. ἀργύριον, opp. κίβδηλον, genuine silver, X.Mem.3.1.9; opp. ἀποτετριμμένον, good silver currency, PCair.Zen.21.33 (iii B. C.);ἐλαῖαι PHib. 1.49.12
(iii B. C.);γῆ Ev.Luc.8.15
;κ. οἶνος PFay.133.8
(iv A. D.);στρατόπεδον κάλλιστον Th.5.60
;ἀνταπεδώκατε πονηρὰ ἀντὶ καλῶν LXX Ge. 44.4
;κ. ἐς στρατιάν X.Cyr.3.3.6
; , Grg. 474d, etc.: c. inf.,λόφος κάλλιστος τρέχειν X.An.4.8.26
; ἐν καλῷ [ τόπῳ] in a good place, καθίζεσθαι, ὁρμεῖν, Ar.Th. 292, X.HG2.1.25; ἐν καλῷ μὲν τοῦ κόλπου καὶ τῶν πόλεων, ἐν κ. δὲ τοῦ τὴν Χώραν βλάπτειν, ib.6.2.9; ἐν καλῷ under favourable circumstances, Th.5.59.60; ἐν κ. (sc. Χρόνῳ ) in good time, in season, E.IA 1106; ἐν οὐ κ. Id.Or. 579; ἐν καλῷ [ ἐστι] c. inf., S.El. 384 (so καλόν ἐστι c. inf., Id.Ph. 1155 (lyr.), Ar. Pax 278, Th.8.2);ἐς καλόν S.OT78
, Pl.Men. 89e, Smp. 174e; τί γὰρ ἐμοὶ ζῆν καλόν; what is the good of life to me? Ph.2.594; καλῇ πίστει, = Lat.bona fide, PTeb.418.14 (iii A. D.).2 of sacrifices, auspicious, ; ;ἱερά Th.4.92
;τὸ τέλος κ. τῆς ἐξόδου X.An.5.2.9
;κ. τὰ ἱερὰ ἦν αὐτῷ Id.Cyr.3.2.3
: c. inf.,ἰέναι.. κ. ἡμῖν τὰ ἱερὰ ἦν Id.An.2.2.3
: Com., τὰ τῆς πυγῆς κ. (for τοῦ θεοῦ) Ar. Pax 868.III in a moral sense, beautiful, noble, honourable, in Hom. only in neut.,οὐ καλὸν ἔειπες Od.8.166
, cf. 17.381;μεῖζον κλέος.. καὶ κάλλιον 18.255
; freq. καλόν [ ἐστι] c. inf.,κ. τοι σὺν ἐμοὶ τὸν κήδειν ὅς κ' ἐμὲ κήδῃ Il.9.615
; οὐ γὰρ ἔμοιγε κ. (sc. ἄρχειν) 21.440;οὐ κ. ἀτέμβειν οὐδὲ δίκαιον Od.20.294
; so in Trag.,καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν S.Ant.72
, etc.;μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν LXXIs.1.17
: [comp] Comp.,οὐ μέν τοι τόδε κάλλιον οὐδὲ ἔοικε Od.7.159
, cf. Il.24.52; after Hom. freq. of actions, etc.,κάλων κἄσλων Sapph.Supp.2.4
(unless of persons here); κ. ἔργματα noble deeds, Pi.I.4(3).42, cf. S.Fr. 839, etc.; ἀναστροφὴ κ. 1 Ep.Pet.2.12: in pl., excellences,πλῆθος καλῶν Pi.O.13.45
; ; τὰ τοῦ παιδὸς κ. X.Smp.8.17.2 τὸ κ. moral beauty, virtue, honour, opp. τὸ αἰσχρόν, Id.Mem.1.1.16, cf. Pl.Smp. 183d, etc.;ὅττι καλόν, φίλον ἐστί, τὸ δ' οὐ καλὸν οὐ φίλον ἐστίν Thgn.17
, cf. E.Ba. 881 (lyr.), Pl. Ly. 216c;οὐ ταὐτὸν ἡγῇ σύ, ὡς ἔοικας, κ. τε καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ κακὸν καὶ αἰσχρόν Id.Grg. 474d
, cf. Smp. 201e; τοὐμὸν κ. E.Supp. 300.3 of persons, in early writers coupled with ἀγαθός, v. καλοκἀγαθός; laterκ. ποιμήν Ev.Jo.10.11
;κ. στρατιώτης
2 Ep.Tim.2.3
.IV in [dialect] Att. and Trag. freq. ironically, fine, specious, γέρας κ. A.Eu. 209;κ. γὰρ οὑμὸς βίοτος ὥστε θαυμάσαι S.El. 393
, cf. E.Ba. 652;κ. Χάρις D.9.65
;κ. ὕβριν ὑβρισμένοι Id.23.121
;καί σοι.. θωπεῦσαι καλόν S.OC 1003
;μετ' ὀνομάτων καλῶν Th.5.89
.B Degrees of [comp] Comp.: [comp] Comp. καλλίων, ον, Il.24.52, Od.10.396, etc.: neut. κάλιον [pron. full] [ᾰ] Alc.134: [comp] Sup. κάλλιστος, η, ον, Il.20.233, etc.; late καλλιώτερος or - ότερος, POxy.1672.6 (i A. D.), Sch.E. Tr. 966; alsoκαλώτερος Hdn.Epim.69
.C Adv.:—Poets freq. use neut. καλόν as Adv.,κ. ἀείδειν Il.18.570
, Od.1.155;καλά Il.6.326
; later τὸ κ. Theoc.3.3, 18, Call.Epigr.53, Herod.1.54.II regul. Adv. [full] καλῶς ([dialect] Dor. [full] καλώς Sophr.22), well, rightly,οὐδ' ἔτι κ. οἶκος ἐμὸς διόλωλε Od.2.64
; κ. ζῆν, τεθνηκέναι, etc., S.Aj. 479, etc.; κ. φρονεῖν to be in one's right mind, Id.Fr. 836;οὐ κ. ταρβεῖς Id.Tr. 457
; κ. ἀγωνιεῖσθαι fairly, on the merits of the case, Lys.13.88; Χρήματα δατῆθθαι κ. Leg.Gort.4.39;κ. εἰρημένα S.Fr. 576.6
;κάλλιον λέγεις Pl.Tht. 161b
;κάλλιστ' ἂν εἴποι S.OT 1172
: freq. in phrase καλῶς καὶ εὖ, καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ, Pl.Prt. 319e, Prm. 128b, etc.2 of good fortune, well, happily, κ. πράσσειν, = εὖ π., A.Pr. 979, S.Ant. 271;κ. καὶ εὖ πράττειν Pl.Chrm. 172a
; κ. ἔχειν to be well, A.Th. 799, etc.;κ. ἔχει σοι Ar.Ach. 946
, cf. S.El. 816; κ. ἔχει c. inf., 'tis well to.., X.Mem.3.11.1: c. gen., κ. ἔχειν τινός to be well off in respect to a thing, Hp.Superf.29;κ. παράπλου κεῖσθαι Th.1.36
;εἰ κ. σφίσιν ἔχοι Id.4.117
;οὔτε τοῖς θεοῖς ἔφη κ. ἔχειν, εἰ.. X.Mem.1.3.3
;καλλιόνως ἔχει Pl.Tht. 169e
, etc.;κάλλιστα ἕζει Id.Hp.Ma. 295b
.3 καλῶς, = πάνυ, thoroughly, altogether,τὸν κ. εὐδαίμονα A.Fr. 317
, = S. Fr. 934;κ. ἔξοιδα Id.OC 269
, cf. OT 1008;κ. ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς διεφθάρθαι D.S.13.108
: [comp] Comp.,κάλλιον εἰδέναι Pl.Hp.Ma. 300d
; κάλλιον ἐοικέναι to be just like , Hp.Genit.8.5 κ. ποιῶν rightly, deservedly,κ. ποιῶν ἀπόλλυται Ar.Pl. 863
, cf. D.1.28, al., Aeschin.3.232; in requests, κ. ποιήσεις πριάμενος, etc., PPetr.3p.143 (iii B. C.), etc.; also c. inf.,κ. π. γράψαι BGU1203.7
(i B. C.), etc.6 in answers, to approve the words of the former speaker, well said! E.Or. 1216, D.39.15; also, to decline an offer courteously, no, thank you! Ar.Ra. 888;κ. ἔχει Antiph.165
, Men.Pk. 266; πάνυ κ. Ar.Ra. 512; ἀμέλει κ. ib. 532: [comp] Sup., κάλλιστ', ἐπαινῶ ib. 508;ἔχει κάλλιστα Theoc.15.3
.8 κ. ὁ ἱερεύς hurrah for the priest! SIG1109.14 (Athens, ii A. D.).9 repeated with the Adj.,καλὴ καλῶς Ar.Ach. 253
, Pax 1330, Ec. 730;καλὸς κάλλιστά τε ῥέξαις Pi.O.9.94
.10 [comp] Comp.καλλιόνως Pl.Tht.
l.c., Lg. 660d: [comp] Sup.καλλίστως PMag.Par.1.2443
,2465, Sch.E.Hec. 310.D for compds., v. καλλι-, καλο-.E Quantity: [pron. full] ᾱ in [dialect] Ep. and early Iamb. Poets (exc. h.Ven.29, Hes.Op.63, Th. 585): [pron. full] ᾰ in Lyr. (exc.κᾱλῶς B.12.206
) and Trag. (A. Fr. 314, S.Ph. 1381 are corrupt).--In Eleg., Epigr., and Bucol. Poets [pron. full] ᾰ or [pron. full] ᾱ (the latter usu. in thesi);τὰ μὴ κᾰλὰ κᾱλὰ πέφανται Theoc.6.19
, cf. Herod.7.115, Call.Jov.55.--In [comp] Comp., [pron. full] ῐ in Hom., [pron. full] ῑ in Trag. and later. -
3 πρόκλησις
2 sounding of the advance, Opp.ἀνάκλησις, προκλήσεις σάλπιγγος J.BJ2.20.7
.II invitation, offer, proposal,τὴν π. ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐδέχεσθε Th.3.64
, cf. Arist.Pol. 1292a29, etc.;π. ποιησάμενοι D.H.7.39
;προτιθέναι App.BC1.4
.III as law-term, formal challenge or wager, offered by either party to his opponent, for the purpose of bringing disputed points to issue, such as a challenge to the opponent to let his slaves be tortured to give evidence against him, or an offer of one's own slaves to be tortured, Lys.4.15, D.37.40; challenge or offer to take an oath with respect to the matter at issue, Arist.Rh. 1377a20; π. προκαλεῖσθαι to make such a challenge, D.59.124: c. dupl. acc., ;οὐ δέξεσθαι τὴν π. Id.40.10
; φεύγειν to decline it, Antipho 6.27; μαρτυρεῖν to appeal to it, D.45.15.IV titillation, stimulation, Aret.CA1.2, al.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πρόκλησις
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4 ἐπαινέω
ἐπαιν-έω, [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἐπαίνημι Simon.5.19; [dialect] Lacon. [full] ἐπαινίω Ar.Lys. 198: [tense] impf. ἐπῄνεον Il 3.461 (tm.): [tense] fut.A- έσω Semon.7.29
, S.El. 1057, E.Andr. 465 (lyr.), Heracl.[300], Pl.Smp. 214e (dub. l.), X.An.1.4.16, 5.5.8: but more freq. (lyr.), Pl.Smp. 199a, R. 379e, 383a, X.HG3.2.6, D.2.31, etc.; poet.- ήσω Thgn.93
codd., Pi. P.10.69: [tense] aor. 1 , Th.1.86, etc. (v. infr.); poet. (not Trag.)ἐπῄνησα Il.2.335
, 18.312, Thgn.876, Pi.P.4.168, 189: also [dialect] Aeol. prose, Schwyzer622.21, 623.31, 636.17 (but- έσαι 623.34
): [tense] pf.ἐπῄνεκα Isoc.12.207
,261, Pl.Plt. 307a, etc.:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.ἐπῃνησάμην Them.Or.16.200c
; :—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.ἐπαινεθήσομαι And.2.13
, Pl.R. 474d; later codd.: [tense] aor.ἐπῃνέθην Th.2.25
, Isoc.12.146, etc.; but (Istropolis, ii B. C.): [tense] pf.ἐπῄνημαι Hp.Acut.51
, Isoc.12.233: = αἰνέω (for which it is regularly used in [dialect] Att.):—approve, applaud, commend, in Hom. mostly abs.,ἐπὶ δ' ᾔνεον ἄλλοι Ἀχαιοί Il.3.461
, etc.: c. acc. rei, ;μῦθον ἐ. πρεσβυτέροισι h.Merc. 457
;σύνθεσιν Pi.P.4.168
: c. dat. pers., agree with, side with,Ἕκτορι μὲν γὰρ ἐπῄνησαν Il.18.312
: abs., assent, agree, Ar.Av. 1616; ἐπαινεσάντων δ' αὐτῶν on their assent, Th.4.65.2 praise, commend in any way (the usu. sense in [dialect] Att. and Trag.), τινά or τι, Alc. 37A, Hdt.3.34,6.130;τὸ λίαν ἧσσον ἐ. τοῦ μηδὲν ἄγαν E.Hipp. 264
; ἐ. τινά τι commend one for a thing, but in this case the thing is always a neut. Pron. or Adj.,τὰ μέν σ' ἐπαινῶ A.Pr. 342
(cf. 111);πάντ' ἔχω σ' ἐπαινέσαι S.Aj. 1381
, cf. Pl.Smp. 222a; in Din.3.22 ἐπαινεῖσθαι ταῖς ζητήσεσιν, < ἐπί> shd. be read;ἐπί τινι.. καὶ διότι Inscr.Prien. 44.17
(ii B. C.);εἴς τι Pl.Alc.1.111a
;κατά τι D.S.1.37
; ; alsoἐ. τινά τινος Plu.2.1c
, Luc.Herm.42 (but ἐ. τί τινος praise something in some one, Pl.Prt. 361d): c.acc. cogn.,ἔπαινον ἐ. Id.La. 181b
: c. part.,ἐπαινέσεσθαί τινα ἀνασχόμενον D.21.73
;ἐ. τινὰ ὅτι.. Pl.Grg. 471d
; ἐ. τινὰ πρός τινα praise one man to another, Id.R. 501c; esp. compliment publicly,[Βρασίδας] πρῶτος τῶν κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐπῃνέθη ἐν Σπάρτῃ Th.2.25
; freq. in honorary Inscrr., cf. IG22.102, Inscr.Prien. l.c., etc.: c. dat. pers.,τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Σαμίων IG12.101.2
, cf. SIG604.11 (Delph., ii B. C.).3 of things,[πολιτεία] ὑπὸ πάντων -ουμένη Isoc.12.118
, cf. Arist.Pol. 1289a1;νόμοι -ούμενοι Id.Rh. 1375b24
; approve,πόλις ἄλλως ἄλλοτ' ἐ. τὰ δίκαια A.Th. 1077
.4 agree to or undertake to do,ῥώμην μ' ἐπαινῶ λαμβάνειν E.Andr. 553
;ἐ. εἰς τὸ λοιπόν PTeb.8.18
(iii B. C.).5 [tense] aor. ἐπῄνεσα in [dialect] Att. in [tense] pres. sense, ἐπῄνεσ' ἔργον I commend it, S.Aj. 536: abs., well done! Id.Fr. 282, Ar.Ach. 485, cf. E.Alc. 1095, Med. 707.II = παραινέω, recommend, advise,τοιούσδ' ἐπαινεῖς δῆτα δὺ κτᾶσθαι φίλους; S.Aj. 1360
, cf. A.Th. 596, Supp. 996: c. dat. et inf., ; σιγᾶν ἐπῄνεσ' (cf.1.5) S.El. 1322, cf. OC 665.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπαινέω
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