παίγνιον
παίγν-ιον,
τό,
II). in
Theoc. 15.50 , the Egyptians are called
κακὰ παίγνια, roguish
cheats,—unless here it be acc. cogn.(
dirty tricks) after
παίζω.
3). light poem, AP 6.322 (
Leon.),
Plb. 16.21.12 ;
Ὁμήρου, Κράτητος π.,
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.).
5). Δημοκρίτου παίγνια jocular recipes, PMag.Lond. 121.167 .
ShortDef
a plaything, toy
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παίγνιον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
παιγνιον
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">παίγν-ιον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plaything, toy</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἄνθρωπον θεοῦ τι παίγνιον εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:803c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:803c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 803c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:288c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:288c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 288c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τύχης π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Secund.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sent.</span> 7 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πλοῖον ἀνέμων π.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:17/canonical-url/"> 17 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἷον π. φεῦγον</span>, of Matter because of its instability, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:3:6:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:3:6:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 3.6.7 </a>: in pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:797b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:797b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 797b </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dainties</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0450.tlg001:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0450.tlg001:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ephipp.</span> 24 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">darling, pet</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:9:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:9.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 9.3 </a>: also in pl. (of one person), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:922" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:922/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 922 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg058:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg058:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 59 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 15.50 </a>, the Egyptians are called <span class="foreign greek">κακὰ παίγνια</span>, roguish <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cheats</span>,—unless here it be acc. cogn.(<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dirty tricks</span>) after <span class="foreign greek">παίζω</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">game</span>, <span class="quote greek">Κουρήτων ἐνόπλια π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:796b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:796b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 796b </a> : metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">child\'s play</span>, of an easy task, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0460.tlg001:1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0460.tlg001:1.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euphro</span> 1.35 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">comic performance</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 816e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0450.tlg001:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0450.tlg001:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ephipp.</span> 7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1348.phi012:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi1348.phi012:99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suet.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aug.</span> 99 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">light poem,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 6.322 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:21:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:21:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 16.21.12 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ὁμήρου, Κράτητος π.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2:60d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2.60d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 2.60d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:6:199d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:6.199d/canonical-url/"> 6.199d </a>; title of poems by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philetas</span> </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 2.4.5 </span>, al.; applied to those of Theocritus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:15:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:15.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 15.19 </a>: metaph., of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">merry chirp</span> of the cicada, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.196.6 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> of a prose <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trifle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0593.tlg003:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0593.tlg003:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gorg.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 21 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">Δημοκρίτου παίγνια</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jocular recipes,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PMag.Lond.</span> 121.167 </span> .</div> </div><br><br>'}