παίγνιον

παίγν-ιον, τό,

• plaything, toy, ἄνθρωπον θεοῦ τι παίγνιον εἶναι Pl. Lg. 803c, cf. Plt. 288c; τύχης π. Secund. Sent. 7; πλοῖον ἀνέμων π. ib. 17; οἷον π. φεῦγον, of Matter because of its instability, Plot. 3.6.7: in pl., Pl. Lg. 797b, etc.; dainties, Ephipp. 24.
• • • 2 of persons, darling, pet, Anaxandr. 9.3: also in pl. (of one person), Ar. Ec. 922, Plu. Ant. 59.
  • II in Theoc. 15.50, the Egyptians are called κακὰ παίγνια, roguish cheats,—unless here it be acc. cogn. (dirty tricks) after παίζω.
  • III game, Κουρήτων ἐνόπλια π. Pl. Lg. 796b: metaph., childʼs play, of an easy task, Euphro 1.35.
  • • 2 comic performance, Pl. Lg. 816e, Ephipp. 7, Suet. Aug. 99.
    • 3 light poem, AP 6.322 (Leon.), Plb. 16.21.12; Ὁμήρου, Κράτητος π., Jul. Or. 2.60d, 6.199d; title of poems by Philetas, Stob. 2.4.5, al.; applied to those of Theocritus, Ael. NA 15.19: metaph., of the merry chirp of the cicada, AP 7.196.6 (Mel.).
    • 4 of a prose trifle, Gorg. Hel. 21.
    • 5 Δημοκρίτου παίγνια jocular recipes, PMag.Lond. 121.167.

παίγνιον, τό, Spiel, Scherz, Luc. asin. 47 ; eigtl. was zum Spiel dient, Spielwerk, Plat. Polit. 288c ; ἄνθρωπον θεοῦ τι παίγνιον εἶναι μεμηχανημένον, Legg. VII.803c ; der σπουδῇ τινι entgeggstzt, I.644d ; bei Ar. Eccl. 921 nennt die Alte den Jüngling τἀμὰ παίγνια, = deliciae ; Plut. Anton. 59 ; – Scherz- und Spottgedichte, τὰ εἰς αὐτὸν ᾀδόμενα παίγνια κατὰ τὴν πόλιν, Pol. 16.21.12 ; übh. kleinere, leichte Gedichte, Liebesgedichte, Anth. öfter ; Θεόκριτος ὁ τῶν νομευτικῶν παιγνίων συνθέτης, Ael. H.A. 15.19 ; – Theocr. 15.50 nennt die Aegyptier κακὰ παίγνια, arge Schelme, als betrügerisch u. tückisch.

παίγνιον, ου, τό, παίζω

• • Ia plaything, toy, Plat.
  • IIin Theocr., the Egyptians are called κακὰ παίγνια roguish playmates,
  • IIIa game, a sportive poem, Anth.; of the merry chirp of the cicada, Anth.