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προσείω

προσείω, to hold out and shake

προσείω,
  • hold out and shake, π. χεῖρα shake it threateningly, E. HF 1218; προσείειν ἀνασείειν τε [τὸν πλόκαμον] wave it up and down, Id. Ba. 930; π. γυμνὰ τὰ ξίφη Ael. VH 12.23; θαλλὸν π. wave a bough before cattle, so as to lead them on, Pl. Phdr. 230d; π. θήρατρα τοῖς ὄρνισι Ael. NA 1.29; and metaph., π. Σειρῆνας, αὐλητρίδας, hold them out as a bait, ib. 17.22, Ep. 16; π. φόβον hold a thing out as a bugbear, Th. 6.86, cf. Ael. Fr. 22.

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