I.to work curiously, form by art, fashion, Hom.; ἀσκήσας with skilful art, id=Hom.
2.of adornment, to dress out, trick out, decorate, adorn, deck, Hdt.: Pass., πέπλοισι Περσικοῖς ἠσκημένη Aesch.:—Mid., σῶμ᾽ ἠσκήσατο adorned his own person, Eur.
II.in Prose, to practise, exercise, train, Lat. exercere, properly of athletic exercise:
2.of the thing practised, ἀσκ. τέχνην Hdt.; metaph., ἀσκ. τὴν ἀλήθειαν id=Hdt.; κακότητα Aesch.; ἀσέβειαν Eur.