A.fond of play, sportive, “ὀρχηθμός” Od.23.134; “ὀρχηστῆρες” Hes.Fr.198, cf. Ar.Ra.333 (lyr.), Them.Or.24.301c, Lib.Decl.30.68: of the lion, “πρὸς τὰ σύντροφα καὶ συνήθη σφόδρα φ.” Arist.HA629b11: epith. of Pan, BCH50.240 (Thasos, iii/ii B. C.). The more Att. form φιλοπαίσμων occurs in Pl.R.452e, Cra.406c; cf. Poll.5.161. Adv. -μόνως ibid.
φι^λο-παίγμων , ον, gen. ονος, (παίζω)