A.“ἐδυσώπησα” Luc.Asin.38: (ὄψ):—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.BJ1.6.5, 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 μήποτ᾽ 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.
