σεμνο-προσωπέω · semno-prosōpeō — LSJ
assume a grave, solemn countenance
assume a grave, solemn countenance, ἐπί τινι Ar. Nu. 363, cf. AP 11.382.14 (Agath.).
The corpus record
σεμνο-προσωπέω
semnoprosopeo
assume a grave, solemn countenance
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Where it lives
- Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- σεμνοπροσωπεῖς · semnoprosōpeis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1267)
- σεμνοπροσωπεῖ · semnoprosōpei Epictetus, Discourses 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2275)
Where it came from
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