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προσποιέω

προσποιέω, to make over to; mid. procure, pretend

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προσποιήσῃ aorist middle subjunctive 2nd singular, aorist active subjunctive 3rd singular, future middle indicative 2nd singular of προσποιέω

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προσποι-έω,
  • make over to, add or attach to, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν Th. 1.55, cf. 2.2, 3.70, etc.; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει X. HG 4.8.28, etc.; χάριν D. 60.14, cf. Plot. 6.1.21.
      • 2 μνημείῳ κακὸν π. do damage to, MAMA 4.27.
      • 3 = προσποιέομαι II.3, ὡς εἴη X.Eph. 1.5.
    • II mostly in Med., with aor. Pass. in Plb. (v. infr. 5), D.S. 15.46, 19.6:—procure for oneself, ξύλινον πόδα Hdt. 9.37; include in oneʼs purview, Plot. 6.1.19, 6.3.8, 6.3.19: most freq. of persons, attach to oneself, win or gain over, ἑταιρηΐην Hdt. 5.71, cf. 6.66, Th. 4.77, etc.; τὸν δῆμον Ar. Eq. 215; [θεούς] X. Vect. 6.3: c.dupl.acc., φίλους π. τινάς as friends, Hdt. 1.6; εὔνουν π. τινά E. Hel. 1387; ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις Th. 1.8; π. χωρίον ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν Id. 2.30.
      • 2 take to oneself what does not belong to one, pretend to, lay claim to, c. acc., τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν Id. 1.137; φήμην Aeschin. 2.166; μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Arist. EN 1127b9: c. gen. partit., π. τῶν χρημάτων claim some of . ., Ar. Ec. 871, cf. Is. 4.3, 7.
      • 3 generally, pretend, affect, ὀργήν Hdt. 2.121.δʹ; τὸ δεῖσθαι Isoc. 1.24; π. ἔχθραν use it as a pretence, allege, Th. 8.108; π. Ἀριστοτέλην Luc. Pisc. 50: c. acc. part., προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον Ph. 2.531.
      • 4 c. inf., pretend to do or to be, Hdt. 3.2, Antipho 2.4.2, Lys. 1.13; ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι profess to be, Pl. Grg. 519c, cf. Alc. 1.108e, etc.; π. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν Id. Ap. 23d, cf. 26e; ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ (sc. εἶναι) D. 18.125; μὴ ἀποκτείνας π. (sc. ἀποκτεῖναι) Lys. 13.75: aor. Pass., -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν D.S. 19.6: c. inf. fut., make as if one would, X. An. 4.3.20, etc.
      • 5 with a neg., pretend the contrary, δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι one must make as if it were not so, Th. 3.47, cf. Thphr. Char. 1.5; τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων D. 47.10; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιῇ Men. Epit.Fr. 8, cf. Philem. 23: aor. Pass., σαφῶς εἰδὼς . ., οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ Plb. 5.25.7, cf. 31.14.1.

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