λῑπᾰρ-έω (lipareo)

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What it meant

λῑπᾰρ-έω · lipar-eō — LSJ

persist, persevere, hold out, to hold out, persist, persisted, keep on

persist, persevere, hold out, of obstinate resistance, λιπαρήσομεν οὕτω, ὅκως ἂν ἔχωμεν Hdt. 8.144: in part., τοὺς Λυδοὺς τέως μὲν διάγειν λιπαρέοντας continued to hold out, under pressure of famine, Id. 1.94: reversely, with part. added, λιπαρέετε μένοντες persist in holding your ground, Id. 9.45; ἐλιπάρεε ἱστορέων persisted in inquiring, Id. 3.51: c. dat., λ. τῇ πόσει keep on drinking, Id. 5.19; λ. τῇ ἑταίρᾳ D.L. 6.66.

II

of persistent entreaty,

1 to be importunate

abs., to be importunate, λιπαρεόντων δὲ αὐτῶν Hdt. 1.86, cf. 2.42, 9.111, A. Pr. 520, Pl. Cra. 413c, Men. Epit. 54, Herod. 6.28, 93; γενοῦ γλίσχρος προσαιτῶν λιπαρῶν τε Ar. Ach. 452, cf. D. 21.206.

2 beseech, dost thou, importune me?, importunate, importuned, entreat earnestly for, importune, to be earnestly entreated

c. acc. et inf., beseech one to do a thing, A. Pr. 1004; also τοῦ με χρείας ὧδε λιπαρεῖς τυχεῖν; to obtain what request dost thou so importune me? S. OT 1435; λιπαροῦντι μὲν τυχεῖν importunate to obtain, Id. OC 776; ξυγγενέσθαι . . μʼ ἐλιπάρει . . μάζαις importuned me to become acquainted with cakes, Telecl. 38 (cj. Porson), cf. X. Oec. 2.16; also λ. τινὰ ὅπως . . PAmh. 2.79.47 (ii A. D.); ἐξαιτήσεσθαι καὶ λιπαρήσειν παρʼ ὑμῶν αὐτόν entreat earnestly for him at your hands, D. 21.208; but also λ.

In the wild

λιπαρήσω · liparēsō Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1002–1005
λιπάρει · liparei Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 520
λιπαροῦντος · liparountos Demosthenes, Against Midias 206 (DIORISIS sentence 669)
λιπαρήσειν · liparēsein Demosthenes, Against Midias 208 (DIORISIS sentence 675)
λιπαροῦντα · liparounta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3500)
λιπαροῦντα · liparounta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5172)

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Where it came from

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