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προσείω ,
A.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 ξίφηAel.VH12.23; θαλλὸν π. wave a bough before cattle, so as to lead them on, Pl.Phdr.230d; “π. θήρατρα τοῖς ὄρνισιAel.NA1.29; 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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 930
    • Euripides, Heracles, 1218
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 230d
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.86
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 17.22
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 1.29
    • Aelian, Varia Historia, 12.23
    • Aelian, Epistulae Rusticae, 16
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