προσποιέω
prospoieo
make over to, add
Appears 38 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
προσποιέω, A. make over to, add or attach to, π. τισὶ τὴν Κέρκυραν 1.55, cf. 2.2, 3.70, etc.; Λέσβον π. τῇ πόλει HG 4.8.28, etc.; χάριν 60.14, cf. 6.1.21. 2. μνημείῳ κακὸν π. do damage to, 4.27. 3. = προσποιέομαι II.3, ὡς εἴη 1.5. II. mostly in Med., with aor. Pass. in (v. infr. 5), 15.46, 19.6:—procure for oneself, ξύλινον πόδα 9.37; include in oneʼs purview, 6.1.19, 6.3.8, 6.3.19: most freq. of persons, attach to oneself, win or gain over, ἑταιρηΐην 5.71, cf. 6.66, 4.77, etc.; τὸν δῆμον Eq. 215; [θεούς] Vect. 6.3: c.dupl.acc., φίλους π. τινάς as friends, 1.6; εὔνουν π. τινά Hel. 1387; ὑπηκόους τὰς πόλεις 1.8; π. χωρίον ἐς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν 2.30. 2. take to oneself what does not belong to one, pretend to, lay claim to, c. acc., τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν 1.137; φήμην 2.166; μείζω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων EN 1127b9: c. gen. partit., π. τῶν χρημάτων claim some of . . , Ec. 871, cf. 4.3,7. 3. generally, pretend, affect, ὀργήν 2.121.δʹ; τὸ δεῖσθαι 1.24; π. ἔχθραν use it as a pretence, allege, 8.108; π. Ἀριστοτέλην Pisc. 50: c.acc.part., προσποιούμενος τὸν ἡδόμενον 2.531. 4. c. inf., pretend to do or to be, 3.2, 2.4.2, 1.13; ὅσοι πολιτικοὶ π. εἶναι profess to be, Grg. 519c, cf. Alc. 1.108e, etc.; π. μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν Ap. 23d, cf. 26e; ὅρα μὴ τούτων μὲν ἐχθρὸς ᾖς, ἐμοὶ δὲ προσποιῇ (sc. εἶναι) 18.125; μὴ ἀποκτείνας π. (sc. ἀποκτεῖναι) 13.75: aor.Pass., -ποιηθεὶς στρατεύειν 19.6: c. inf. fut., make as if one would, An. 4.3.20, etc. 5. with a neg., pretend the contrary, δεῖ δέ, εἰ καὶ ἠδίκησαν, μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι one must make as if it were not so, 3.47, cf. Char. 1.5; τούτων οὐ προσποιουμένων 47.10; οὐδὲν πέπονθας δεινόν, ἂν μὴ προσποιῇ Epit.Fr. 8, cf. 23: aor. Pass., σαφῶς εἰδὼς . . , οὐ προσποιηθεὶς δέ 5.25.7, cf. 31.14.1.
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