, ἄνθρωπον θεοῦ τι παίγνιον εἶναιPl.Lg.803c, cf. Plt.288c; τύχης π.Secund.Sent.7; πλοῖον ἀνέμων π. ib.17; οἷον π. φεῦγον, of Matter because of its instability, Plot.3.6.7: in pl., Pl.Lg.797b, etc.;
dainties
, Ephipp. 24. 2. of persons,
darling, pet
, Anaxandr.9.3: also in pl. (of one person), Ar.Ec.922, Plu.Ant.59. II. in Theoc.15.50, the Egyptians are called κακὰ παίγνια, roguish
cheats
,— unless here it be acc. cogn. (
dirty tricks
) after παίζω. III.
game
, Κουρήτων ἐνόπλια π.Pl.Lg.796b: metaph.,
child's play
, of an easy task, Euphro 1.35. 2.
comic performance
, Pl.Lg.816e, Ephipp.7, Suet.Aug.99. 3.
light poem,
AP6.322 (Leon.), Plb.16.21.12; Ὁμήρου, Κράτητος π., Jul.Or. 2.60d, 6.199d; title of poems by Philetas, Stob.2.4.5, al.; applied to those of Theocritus, Ael.NA15.19: metaph., of the