Scaife ATLAS

προσποιέω fut. ήσω to make over to, Lat. tradere alicui in manus, πρ. τινὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν Thuc.; πρ. Λέσβον τῇ πόλει Xen. Mid., with aor. mid. and pass., to attach to oneself, win, or gain over, τινά Hdt., Thuc., etc.; τὸν δῆμον Ar.; with a second acc. added, φίλους πρ. τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους as friends, Hdt.; ὑπηκόους πρ. τὰς πόλεις Thuc. to take what does not belong to one, pretend to, lay claim to, τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν διάλυσιν Thuc. to pretend, feign, affect, simulate, ὀργήν Hdt.; πρ. ἔχθραν to use it as a pretence, allege, Thuc. c. inf. to pretend to do or to be, Hdt., etc.; πρ. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν Plat.:—c. inf. fut. to make as if one would, Xen. with a negat., Lat. dissimulare, δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι one must make as if it were not so, Thuc.

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to make over to; mid. procure, pretend

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προσποιέω

Headword (normalized):

προσποιέω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

προσποιεω

IDX:

28294

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28327

Key:

prospoie/w

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