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σαθρόω
σάθρωμα
σάθρωσις
σάθων
σαικίς
σαικωνέω
σαινίδωρος
σαινικρίζει
σαινουρίς
σαίνουρος
σαίνω
σαιρός
σαίρω1
σαίρω2
σαῖς
σαΐτης
σακάδιον
σακάλιον
σάκανδρος
σακελίζω
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σαίνω
σαίνω, Hes. Th. 771 : Ep. impf.
A). σαῖνον Od. 10.219 : aor. ἔσηνα 17.302 ; Dor. ἔσᾱνα Pi. O. 4.6 , P. 1.52 :— Pass., A. Ch. 194 :—prop. of dogs, wag the tail, fawn, ὅτ’ ἂν ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα κύνες .. σαίνωσι Od. 10.217 ; νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας 16.6 ; σαίνεις δάκνουσα καὶ κύων λαίθαργος εἶ S. Fr. 885 ; ἡ κύων ἔσηνε καὶ προσῆλθ’ Apollod. Com. 14.5 : with the dat. added, οὐρῇ μέν ῥ’ ὅ γ’ ἔσηνε, of the dog Argus, Od. 17.302 ; ς. οὐρῇ τε καὶ οὔασι Hes. l.c.; ἔσαινεν οὐρᾷ με S. Fr. 687 (ἔσαινεν οὐράν wagged his tail, Hemsterhuis, cf. Sch.rec. A. Th. 704 , Sch.rec. Theoc. 2.109 ).
II). metaph. of persons, fawn, cringe, ὑδαρεῖ ς. φιλότητι A. Ag. 798 (anap.), cf. Pers. 97 (lyr., s.v.l.); also ς. ποτὶ πάντας Pi. P. 2.82 ; ς. ποτὶ ἀγγελίαν greet it with joy, Id. O. 4.6 .
III). c. acc. pers., fawn upon, κέρκῳ τινά Ar. Eq. 1031 , cf. AP 9.604 ( Noss.); so of fishes, σαίνοντες οὐραίοισι τὴν κεκτημένην S. Fr. 762 .
2). fawn on, pay court to, greet, τινα Pi. P. 1.52 ; ὅτ’ ἐλεύθερος ἀτμένα σαίνει Call. Aet. 1.1.19 ; ς. μόρον cringe to it, seek to avert it, A. Th. 383 , 704 ; παιδός με σαίνει φθόγγος greets me, S. Ant. 1214 ; φαιδρὰ γοῦν ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων σαίνει με greets me gladly from her eyes, Id. OC 320 .
3). gladden, esp. with hope or conviction, ἐλπίδι κέαρ B. 1.55 ; οὐ γάρ με ς. θέσφατα E. Ion 685 (lyr.); τὰ λεγόμενα .. ς. τὴν ψυχήν Arist. Metaph. 1090a37 ; so ς. τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν receive it with marks of gladness, Luc. Merc.Cond. 20 (dub., σαίνει τῇ ὑποσχέσει is prob. cj.):— Pass., σαίνομαι δ’ ὑπ’ ἐλπίδος A. Ch. 194 .
4). beguile, cozen, deceive, ἡ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν σκότῳ λήθουσά με ἔσαιν’ Ἐρινύς S. Fr. 577 ; ς. μ’ ἔννυχος φρυκτωρία seeks to deceive me, E. Rh. 55 (or in signf. 111.3).
5). in 1 Ep.Thess. 3.3 , σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι seems to mean to be shaken, disturbed; σαινόμενοι τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐδάκρυον D.L. 8.41 (or in signf. 111.4 ); σαίνεται· κινεῖται, σαλεύεται, ταράττεται, Hsch.; but cf. σιαίνω.


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to wag the tail, fawn

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σαίνω
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σαίνω
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σαινω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σαίνω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:771" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:771/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 771 </a>: Ep. impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">σαῖνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:219" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.219/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.219 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔσηνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.302/canonical-url/"> 17.302 </a> ; Dor. <span class="quote greek">ἔσᾱνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 4.6 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 1.52 </a>:— Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 194 </a>:—prop. of dogs, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wag the tail, fawn</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὅτ’ ἂν ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα κύνες .. σαίνωσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.217/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.217 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.6/canonical-url/"> 16.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σαίνεις δάκνουσα καὶ κύων λαίθαργος εἶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:885" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:885/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 885 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ κύων ἔσηνε καὶ προσῆλθ’</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollod.</span> </span> Com.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.5/canonical-url/"> 14.5 </a>: with the dat. added, <span class="foreign greek">οὐρῇ μέν ῥ’ ὅ γ’ ἔσηνε</span>, of the dog Argus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.302/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.302 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. οὐρῇ τε καὶ οὔασι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="quote greek">ἔσαινεν οὐρᾷ με</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:687" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:687/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 687 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">ἔσαινεν οὐράν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wagged</span> his tail, Hemsterhuis, cf. Sch.rec.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:704" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:704/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 704 </a>, Sch.rec.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.109 </a>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph. of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fawn, cringe</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὑδαρεῖ ς. φιλότητι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:798" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:798/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 798 </a> (anap.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:97/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 97 </a> (lyr., s.v.l.); also <span class="quote greek">ς. ποτὶ πάντας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.82 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ς. ποτὶ ἀγγελίαν</span> greet it with joy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 4.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> c. acc. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fawn upon</span>, <span class="quote greek">κέρκῳ τινά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1031" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1031/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1031 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.604 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Noss.</span></span>); so of fishes, <span class="quote greek">σαίνοντες οὐραίοισι τὴν κεκτημένην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:762" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:762/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 762 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fawn on, pay court to, greet</span>, <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 1.52 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὅτ’ ἐλεύθερος ἀτμένα σαίνει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aet.</span> 1.1.19 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ς. μόρον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cringe to</span> it, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seek to avert</span> it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:383" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:383/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 383 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:704" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:704/canonical-url/"> 704 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">παιδός με σαίνει φθόγγος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greets</span> me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1214 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φαιδρὰ γοῦν ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων σαίνει με</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greets</span> me gladly from her eyes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:320" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:320/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 320 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gladden</span>, esp. with hope or conviction, <span class="quote greek">ἐλπίδι κέαρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 1.55 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐ γάρ με ς. θέσφατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:685" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:685/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 685 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὰ λεγόμενα .. ς. τὴν ψυχήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1090a:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1090a.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1090a37 </a> ; so <span class="foreign greek">ς. τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">receive</span> it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with marks of gladness</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Merc.Cond.</span> 20 </a> (dub., <span class="foreign greek">σαίνει τῇ ὑποσχέσει</span> is prob. cj.):— Pass., <span class="quote greek">σαίνομαι δ’ ὑπ’ ἐλπίδος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 194 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beguile, cozen, deceive</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἡ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν σκότῳ λήθουσά με ἔσαιν’ Ἐρινύς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:577" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:577/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 577 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ς. μ’ ἔννυχος φρυκτωρία</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seeks to deceive</span> me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 55 </a> (or in signf. 111.3). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg013.perseus-grc1:3:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg013.perseus-grc1:3.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Thess.</span> 3.3 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι</span> seems to mean <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be shaken, disturbed</span>; <span class="quote greek">σαινόμενοι τοῖς λεγομένοις ἐδάκρυον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 8.41 </a> (or in signf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:111:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:111.4/canonical-url/"> 111.4 </a>); <span class="foreign greek">σαίνεται· κινεῖται, σαλεύεται, ταράττεται</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>; but cf. <span class="foreign greek">σιαίνω</span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}