παίω

παίω, [dialect] Boeot. [full] πήω Hdn.Gr.2.949; [dialect] Att. [ per.] 2sg. imper.

A

παῖ X.Cyn.6.18

codd.: [tense] fut.

παίσω E.El.688

, X.An.3.2.19,

παιήσω Ar.Nu.1125

, Lys.459: [tense] aor.

ἔπαισα Supp.Epigr.2.509.4

, al. (Crete, v B. C.), A.Pers. 397, X.An.5.8.10: [tense] pf.

πέπαικα LXX Nu.22.28

, (ὑπερ-) Ar.Ec.1118, D.50.34:—[voice] Med., [tense] impf.

ἐπαιόμην Plu.Pomp.24

: [tense] aor.

ἐπαισάμην X. Cyr.7.3.6

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐπαίσθην A.Th.957

, Ch.184, Luc.Salt.10: [tense] pf. πέπαισμαι ([etym.] 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 [tense] aor.:—poet. Verb (not in Hom., rare in [dialect] Att. Prose), strike, smite, whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon,

σκυτάλοισί τινας Hdt.3.137

, cf. A.Ag. 1384, etc.: freq. with acc. omitted,

παισθεὶς ἔπαισας Id.Th.957

; παῖε πᾶς strike home!, E.Rh.685; παισάτω πᾶς (παῖς codd.),

παῖ δή, παῖ δή X.Cyn.

l.c.;

π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν Hdt.9.107

;

π. τινὰ μάστιγι S.Aj.242

(lyr.), etc.;

π. ὑφ' ἧπαρ αὑτήν Id.Ant.1315

;

παίσας πρὸς ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ E.Or.1063

;

π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα Ar.Nu.549

;

εἰς τὰ στέρνα X.Cyr. 4.6.4

;

τινὰ ἐς πλευρὰν ξίφει E.Rh.794

;

κατὰ τὸ στέρνον X.An.1.8.26

;

κάρα S.Aj.308

, cf. OT1270;

τὸν νῶτόν τινος Alciphr.3.43

: c. dupl. acc.,

π. ῥοπάλῳ τινὰ τὸ νῶτον Ar.Av.497

: c. acc. cogn., ὀλίγας π. (sc. πληγάς) X.An.5.8.12; τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις (sc. πληγήν) ; S.Ant.1309 (lyr.); π. ἅλμην, of rowers, A.Pers.397, E.IT1391:—[voice] Med., ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν he smote his thigh, X.Cyr. 7.3.6, cf. Plu.Pomp.24:—[voice] Pass.,

παιομένους Th.4.47

, cf. A.Pers. 416, Antipho 2.4.4, etc.; πὺξ παιόμενος, opp. ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς, Lys. 4.6.

b rarely of missiles, X.Cyr.6.4.18:—[voice] Pass.,

τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς Plu.2.665d

; of atoms, παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ib.1111e.

2 c. acc. instrumenti, drive, dash one thing against another, ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε struck its beak against . . , A.Pers.409;

π. λαιμῶν εἴσω ξίφος E.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.).

3 drive away,

τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας Ar.V.456

.

4 of sexual intercourse, Id.Pax874.

5 hit hard in speaking,

π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν Id.Ach.686

, cf. Lib. Or.63.34.

6 metaph., quench one's thirst,

διψῶντα . . ὄξει παίειν Eub. 138

(anap.); cf.

πατάσσω 11.2

.

II intr., strike, dash against or upon,

λόγοι παίουσ' εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης A.Pr.885

(anap.);

πρὸς τὰς πέτρας π. X.An.4.2.3

: c. acc.,

ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα A.Ag.1007

(lyr.); λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας, of a charioteer, S.El.745. (From Παϝιω, cf. Lat. pavio, pavimentum.)

III devour,

παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν Ar.Ach.835

, cf. Hsch.; perh. to be read in Epich. 35.12: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as

παίω 1

, but cf.

ἐρείδω 11.2

,

κόπτω 1.10

,

σποδέω 111

,

φλάω 1.2

.