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πατέω

πατέω, to tread, walk

πᾰτ-έω, Delph. βᾰτέω Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.292e; Aeol. μάτημι [ᾰ] Sapph. 54: (πάτος):—
  • tread, walk, π. ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς Pi. P. 2.85; πρὸς βωμόν A. Ag. 1298; ὑψοῦ π. walk on high, of a king, Pi. O. 1.115; π. ἐπάνω ὄφεων Ev.Luc. 10.19:—Pass., οἱ ἔχεις πατηθέντες Porph. Abst. 1.14.
    • II trans., tread on, tread, πόας τέρεν ἄνθος μάτεισαι Sapph. l.c.; πορφύρας πατεῖν A. Ag. 957; δωμάτων πύλας Id. Ch. 732; χῶρος οὐχ ἁγνὸς πατεῖν holy ground, S. OC 37; π. τὸν ἁδὺν οἶνον ἀπʼ ἀμπέλω tread grapes, Hybrias(Scol. 28.4); ληνούς LXX Ne. 13.15, cf. Apoc. 19.15, Ruf. ap. Orib. 5.12.1; also, thresh corn, π. τὰ θέρη PFlor. 150.5 (iii A.D.); κριθὴν καλῶς πεπατημένην POxy. 988 (iii A.D.); π. ἐκ τοῦ χόρτου σπέρματα PFlor. 388.5 (ii A.D.).
      • 2 walk in, i.e. dwell in, frequent, Λῆμνον πατῶν S. Ph. 1060; γαῖαν Theoc. 18.20; π. πόντον Opp. C. 2.218; νῶτα ἁλός AP 7.532 (Isid.); rarely of vehicles, τὰ μὴ πατέουσιν ἅμαξαι Call. Aet. Oxy. 2079.25 [Fr. 1.25 Pf.]: metaph., εὐνὰς ἀδελφοῦ π. frequent, A. Ag. 1193; ἐμεῖο δέμνιον οὐκ ἐπάτησε Call. Del. 248; οὐδʼ Αἴσωπον πεπάτηκας hast not thumbed Aesop, Ar. Av. 471; τὸν Τεισίαν . . πεπάτηκας ἀκριβῶς you have studied him carefully, Pl. Phdr. 273a:—Pass., to be hackneyed, τῇ ποιητικῇ πεπατῆσθαι Phld. Po.Herc. 1676.10; πεπατημένος well-worn, trite, ῥήσεις, λόγοι, Ph. 2.345, 444, cf. Porph. ap. Eus. PE 10.3; τὸ πεπατημένον A.D. Pron. 45.6.
      • 3 tread under foot, trample on, τινα S. Aj. 1146, Pl. Phdr. 248a, etc.; βουλήν Ar. Eq. 166; πόλιν Apoc. 11.2: abs., πατοῦσι καὶ λακτίζουσι καὶ δάκνουσι Gal. 16.562: metaph., π. κλέος, τιμὰς τὰς θεῶν, A. Ag. 1357, S. Ant. 745; τὰ τοῖν θεοῖν ψηφίσματα Ar. V. 377:—and in Pass., τὰ .. δίκαια .. λάγδην πατεῖται S. Fr. 683, cf. A. Ch. 644 (lyr.), Eu. 110.

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