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μειδάω

μειδάω, to smile

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μειδιῶντα present active participle neuter nominative plural, present active participle neuter vocative plural, present active participle neuter accusative plural, present active participle masculine accusative singular of μειδάω

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μειδ-άω,
  • smile, Ep. Verb, only 3 sg. aor. μείδησε Il. 1.595, 5.426, Od. 4.609, Hes. Sc. 115, etc.; part. μειδήσας, -σασα Il. 1.596, etc.; inf. μειδῆσαι h.Cer. 204; μείδησε σαρδάνιον (v. Σαρδάνιος) Od. 20.301; opp. γελᾶν, laugh aloud, μειδῆσαι γελάσαι τε h.Cer. l.c.; κάρχαρόν τι μειδήσας grinning so as to show his teeth, Babr. 94.6:—pres. is supplied by μειδιάω, used by Hom. only in Ep. part. μειδιόων Il. 7.212, 23.786; -ιόωσα 21.491: later 3 sg. μειδιάει h.Hom. 10.3, μειδιᾷ Theoc. 30.5; part. μειδιάων h.Hom. 7.14, μειδιῶσα Ar. Th. 513; inf. μειδιᾶν Pl. Prm. 130a: impf. ἐμειδία Luc. DMeretr. 3.2; Ep. μειδιάασκε PLit.Lond. 41, Q.S. 9.117: aor. 1 ἐμειδίᾱσα Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.172b, Luc. Dear.Iud. [DDeor. 20.]11; inf. μειδιᾶσαι Apollod. 1.5.3; part. μειδιάσας Pl. Phd. 86d; Aeol. fem. -ιάσαισα Sapph. 1.14. (Cf. Skt. smáyati, Lett. smaidīt ‘smile’, etc.)

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