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διαπαίζω

diapaizo

jest, in jest, kept up

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

διαπαίζω · diapaizō — LSJ

jest, in jest, kept up

jest, Gal. l.c.; διαπαίζων in jest, J. Ap. 2.37 (dub.), D.L. 8.6:—Pass., παιδιὰ καλῶς διαπεπαισμένη a sport well kept up, Pl. Lg. 769a.

II laugh, jest at

laugh, jest at, c. acc., J. BJ 5.7.4, Arr. Epict. 2.18.22, Demetr. Eloc. 147, D.L. 4.53: abs., Phld. Lib. p.57O.

III imitate playfully

perh. imitate playfully, [ὁ Σοφοκλῆς] διαπεπαιχὼς τὸν Αἰσχύλου ὄγκον Plu. Profect. 2.79b.

In the wild

διαπαίζειν · diapaizein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2166)
διέπαιζεν · diepaizen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3522)
διέπαιζε · diepaize Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5217)
διαπαίζοντα · diapaizonta Epictetus, Discourses 2.18 (DIORISIS sentence 3031)

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