wink
wink
v. intrans.
P. and V. σκαρμᾰδύσσειν (Xen. also Eur. Cycl. 626); see also, shut the eyes, under shut.Without winking: use adv. P. ἀσκαρμαδυκτί (Xen.), or adj., Ar. ἀσκαρμά̆δυκτος (Eq. 292).
Wink at, shut one’s eyes to, met.: Ar. and P. περιορᾶν (acc.); see allow.
v. intrans.
P. and V. σκαρμᾰδύσσειν (Xen. also Eur. Cycl. 626); see also, shut the eyes, under shut.Without winking: use adv. P. ἀσκαρμαδυκτί (Xen.), or adj., Ar. ἀσκαρμά̆δυκτος (Eq. 292).
Wink at, shut one’s eyes to, met.: Ar. and P. περιορᾶν (acc.); see allow.
wink
subs.
He doesn’t see a wink of sleep the whole night: Ar. ὕπνου δʼ ὁρᾷ τῆς νυκτὸς οὐδὲ πασπάλην (Vesp. 91).
subs.
He doesn’t see a wink of sleep the whole night: Ar. ὕπνου δʼ ὁρᾷ τῆς νυκτὸς οὐδὲ πασπάλην (Vesp. 91).
WINK
s. nictus -ūs or by oculi. To give a wink nictu loqui; oculis nutuque loqui (Ov.); nictare (Plaut.).
s. nictus -ūs or by oculi. To give a wink nictu loqui; oculis nutuque loqui (Ov.); nictare (Plaut.).
v. To open and shut the eyes nictare.
To connive connivere in re (to wink at it): alicui rei or alicui aliquid ignoscere (to hold excused to take no notice of): alicui or alicui rei indulgere (to indulge anybody in anything): indulgentia tractare aliquem (to treat anybody with indulgence): omittere: praetermittere (to let anything pass not punish it).
To connive connivere in re (to wink at it): alicui rei or alicui aliquid ignoscere (to hold excused to take no notice of): alicui or alicui rei indulgere (to indulge anybody in anything): indulgentia tractare aliquem (to treat anybody with indulgence): omittere: praetermittere (to let anything pass not punish it).