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φείδομαι , Anacr.101, etc.: impf. φείδοντο (without augm.) even in S.El.716 after a diphth. at the end of the preceding line: fut.
A.φείσομαιAr.Ach.312 (troch.), Pl.Ap.31a, etc., Ep. “πεφι^δήσομαιIl.15.215, later fut. Pass. in med. sense φ<ε>ισθήσομαι PUniv.Giss.21.6 (ii A.D.): aor. 1 “ἐφεισάμηνSol.32.1, A.Th.412, And.2.11, etc., Ep.3sg. “φείσατοIl.24.236: Ep. redupl. aor. 2 πεφι^δόμην, used by Hom. in opt. πεφι^δοίμην, πεφίδοιτο, Od.9.277, Il.20.464, inf. “πεφιδέσθαι21.101: pf. part. “πεφεισμένοςLuc.Hist.Conscr.59 (in med. sense, D.C. 50.20); Ep. imper. “πεφίδησοIG14.1363.16; part. “πεφιδημένοςNonn. D.12.392:—spare:
I. spare persons and things, e.g. in war, i.e. not destroy them, c. gen., “ΤρώωνIl.21.101; “ἀνδρός24.158, cf. Od.9.277, 22.54, Pl.Ap.31a; “ἸλίουIl.15.215; “Ἄρης οὐκ ἀγαθῶν φ.Anacr. l. c.; “ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρῶν ὧν Ἄρης ἐφείσατοA.Th.412; “γῆς πατρίδοςSol. l.c.; μὴ φείσῃ βίου spare not my life, S.Ph.749; “μὴ φείδεσθε . . στρατοῦId.Aj. 844; “φ. μήτε ἰδίου μήτε δημοσίου οἰκοδομήματοςTh.1.90, cf. 3.74: abs., spare, be merciful, ib.59.
II. spare persons and things in using them, use sparingly, ἵππων φειδόμενος, i. e. taking care of them, Il.5.202; “πίθου μεσσόθι φ.Hes.Op.369; φ. ὃν εἶχε βίον βίον by attraction to the relat.) Thgn.908; “ἰδίᾳ μὲν τῶν <ὄντων> φείδομαι δημοσίᾳ δὲ λῃτουργῶν ἥδομαιLys.21.16; “φείδεσθε τοὐλαίου σφόδραPl. Com.190: in this sense, most freq. with a negat., οὐ φ. not to spare, i. e. to use or give freely,οὐδέ νυ τοῦ περ [δέπαος] φείσατοIl.24.236; “μὴ φείδεο σίτουHes.Op.604; “θνῄσκωμεν ψυχέων μηκέτι φειδόμενοιTyrt.10.14; “τᾶς ζωᾶςId.15.5; “σφετέρας οὐ φείσατο νευρᾶςPi.I.6(5).33; “φείδεο τῶν νεῶν, μηδὲ ναυμαχίην ποιέοHdt.8.68. “ά; τούτων φ. μηδενόςId.9.41, cf. 39; “φείδοντο κέντρων οὐδένS.El.716; “οὐδὲν φ. αὐτῶν οὔτ᾽ ἐν πόνοις κτλ.X.Cyr.4.2.1, cf. 7.1.29; “οὔτε τοῦ σώματος οὔτε τῶν ὄντωνAnd.2.11; “οὐδενὸς ἂν ἐφείσατο τῶν ἑαυτοῦLys.19.24; “οὔθ᾽ ἱερῶν κτεάνων οὔτε τι δημοσίων φ.Sol.4.13; “μήτε χρημάτων μήτε πόνωνPl.Phd.78a: later also c. acc., τῶν συμμάχων and τὰ τῶν συμμάχων both in D.C.50.20.
2. abs., to be sparing, live thriftily,φείδεσθαι μὲν ἄμεινονThgn.931; “τοὺς φειδομένους καὶ τοὺς ἀκριβῶς διαιτῶνταςAnd.4.32; “οἱ γεωργοῦντες καὶ φ.D.24.172, cf. Antipho Soph.53; freq. in part. φειδόμενος, η, ον, thrifty, Ar.Pl.247,553 (anap.), etc.; ὄμμασι φειδομένοις with shrinking, shy eyes, AP12.21 (Strat.), cf. 5.215 (Agath.), 268 (Id.); αἱ μὴ φ. (sc. μέλισσαι) the unthrifty ones, Arist.HA627a20: also “ἔπαινοι πάνυ πεφεισμένοιLuc.Hist.Conscr.59; “πεφιδημένα δάκτυλαNonn.D.12.392; cf. πεφεισμένως, φειδομένως.
III. have consideration for,τῆς τοῦ λόγου συμμετρίαςPlu.2.114b: with neg., pay no heed to,οὔτ᾽ ἀνθρώπων φείδεται οὔτε θεῶνAP5.278 (Paul.Sil.), cf. 7.706 (Diog.).
V. in LXX, with Preps., “φ. ἐπί τινιhave mercy upon . . , Je. 15.5, 21.7; “ἐπί τιναId.28(51).3; φ. περί τινος to keep one's hands off . . , 2 Ki.12.6 (but φ. περὶ κακώσεως spare to hurt, ib.Si.13.12); “φ. ὑπὲρ τῆς κολοκύνθηςJn.4.10; “ἀπό τινος1 Ki.15.3, Ez. 24.21; φ. τι ἀπό τινος keep it off, Jb.30.10; φ. τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ θανάτου ib.33.18, cf. Ps.18(19).14; φειδεύμενοι (from contr. φειδέομαι ) is cj. for φιλεύμεναι in Eus.Mynd.17.
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