δυσωπέω

δυσωπέω, aor. ἐδυσώπησα Luc. Asin. 38: (ὄψ):—Α. put out of countenance, abash, τινά Ph. 1.291, Plu. 2.418e, Luc. l.c., S.E. P. 3.66, etc.; οὐδὲν αὐτὴν ἐδυσώπει X.Eph. 4.5: c. acc. inf., shame a person with doing a thing, J. BJ 1.6.5, al.: esp. of importunate persons, δ. τινὰ δεήσει ib.3.8.6; so, entreat, ἥκειν ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλῶ καὶ δ. Hld. 10.2: abs., to be importunate, αἰσχυνόμενοι ἀντιλέγειν τοῖς ἀγνωμόνως δυσωποῦσιν ὕστερον δυσωποῦνται τοὺς δικαίως ἐγκαλοῦντας Plu. 2.532d:—Pass., θεὸν εἶναι τὴν ἠχὼ δυσωποῦμαι I am constrained to believe that, Jul. Ep. 189, cf. Marcellin. Puls. 23; to be susceptible to importunity, τὴν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀναισχύντως λιπαρούντων ἧτταν, ἣν ἔνιοι δυσωπεῖσθαι καλοῦσιν Plu. Brut. 6; δυσωπεῖν τὴν ὄψιν to disgust, Id. Lyc. 9; alarm, πάθος δ. τινά Procop. Arc. 2. II. in early writers only Pass., impf. ἐδυσωπούμην Pl. Phdr. 242c:—to be put out of countenance, abs., Id. Plt. 285b, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id. Lg. 933a; δ. μή . . Id.Phdr. l.c.; τινί Plb. 20.12.6; ἐπί τινι Ph. 1.639; εἰ . . Id. 2.423; περί τινος Phld. Rh. 1.297 S.; of animals, to be shy, timid, X. Mem. 2.1.4. 2. c. acc., to be put to shame by, τὴν ἀρετήν τινος Plu. Cor. 15; τὴν χάριν Lib. Decl. 37.19: but more freq. fight shy of, ὄνομα D.H. Comp. 12 (so in Act., look askance at, δ. καὶ ὑποπτεύω μήποτʼ οὐ Λυσίου ὁ λόγος Id. Lys. 11), cf. Phryn. 166; ὑφορᾶν καὶ δ. Them. Or. 26.330b; διὰ τοὔνομα τὴν μοναρχίαν Plu. Sol. 14; regard with aversion, ὄψα Ael. Fr. 182; disapprove of, Phld. Hom.p.55 O.: c. inf., to be ashamed to do, . . εἰπεῖν D.Chr. 32.7, cf. 36.54; also τὴν ἀντίδοσιν δ. feel ashamed to reply, Jul. Ep. 184. III. intr. in Act., to see with difficulty, Luc. Lex. 4.