Scaife ATLAS

σαίνω of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn, Od.; οὐρῆι ἔσηνε, of the dog Argus, Od. metaph. to fawn, cringe, Pind., Aesch. c. acc. pers. to fawn upon, Ar.: to pay court to, greet, Pind., Soph.; σα. μόρον to deprecate, shrink from death, Aesch.:—Pass., σαίνομαι ὑπʼ ἐλπίδος Aesch. to beguile, cozen, deceive, Aesch. in NTest., σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι seems to mean to be moved, disturbed.

ShortDef

to wag the tail, fawn

Debugging

Headword:

σαίνω

Headword (normalized):

σαίνω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

σαινω

IDX:

29232

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29266

Key:

sai/nw

Data

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