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λοιδορέω

λοιδορέω, to abuse, revile

λοιδορ-έω, fut. -ήσω D. 40.48: aor. ἐλοιδόρησα E. Med. 873, etc.: pf. λελοιδόρηκα Pl. Phdr. 241e:—Med. and Pass. (v. infr.), fut. -ήσομαι Ar. Eq. 1400, etc.: aor. ἐλοιδορησάμην Is. 6.59; Att. more freq. ἐλοιδορήθην D. 9.54, 54.5 (v. infr.): (λοίδορος):—
  • abuse, revile, τινα Hdt. 3.145; θεούς Pi. O. 9.37, cf. Ar. Nu. 1140, X. An. 3.4.49, BGU 1007.6 (iii B. C.), etc.: abs., E. l.c., etc.; sts. simply, rebuke, X. Cyr. 1.4.9; οἶνον εἰς ἐπίνοιαν λ. Ar. Eq. 90, cf. Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.175b (Pass.): with neut. Adj., ἐμαυτὸν πόλλʼ ἐλοιδόρησα E. Hel. 1171; οὐδὲν οὐδένα λ. Pl. Tht. 174c; λ. ἔνια Arist. EN 1128a31: with a predicate added, [τὴν Τύχην] λ. τυφλήν reproach fortune as blind, Plu. Fort. 2.98a:—Med., rail at one another, Antipho 2.1.4, Ar. Ra. 857, D. 54.18:—Pass., λοιδοροῦντας ἢ λοιδορουμένους reviling or reviled, Isoc. 2.47, cf. Phld. Lib. p.29 O.; λελοιδορημένος ὑπὸ . . rebuked . ., X. HG 5.4.29; οὐκ ἐν δίκη λοιδορηθείς Pl. Phdr. 275e, cf. Grg. 457d.
    • II Med. with aor. Pass. in act. sense, c. dat. pers., rail at, τινι Ar. Eq. 1400, Pl. 456, Ec. 248, Pl. R. 395d, etc.; also λ. ἐπί τινι X. Ages. 7.3; τινος Ach.Tat. 1.6; εἴς τινα Luc. Anach. 22; πρός τινα LXX Ex. 17.2: c. acc. cogn., πάντα τὰ αἰσχρὰ λοιδορέονται, ὅτι . . they use all kind of foul reproaches, saying that . ., Hdt. 4.184; λοιδορίαν ἣν ἐλοιδορήθη Κρατίνῳ περὶ τούτων D. 21.132. —Act. never has dat. exc. in later Gr., LXX Ex. 17.2, 2 Ma. 12.14, Epict. Ench. 34, Ant.Lib. 22.5; in And. 1.67 (ἠναντιώθην καὶ ἀντεῖπον —καὶ ἐλοιδόρησα—ἐκείνῳ ὧν ἦν ἄξιος) the dat. (if correct) depends on the other verbs; as does the acc. in οὓς ὕβριζες καὶ ἐλοιδοροῦ Hyp. Dem.Fr. (a).—Only the Act. is found in Trag.

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