ἀσκέω,
work raw materials, εἴρια, κέρα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.388, 4.110] Refs 8th c.BC+]; work curiously, form by art, [κρητῆρα] Σιδόνες πολυδαίδαλοι εὖ ἤσκησαν[[ [prev. work] 23.743; ἑρμῖν᾽ ἀσκήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.198] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πτύξασα καὶ ἀσκήσασα χιτῶνα having folded and smoothed it,[[ [prev. work] 1.439; ἅρμα.. χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ εὖ ἤσκηται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.438] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χορὸν ἤσκησεν[[ [prev. work] 18.592; γόμφοις ἀ. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 87] Refs 5th c.BC+]: added in aorist participle to Verbs, [θρόνον] τεύξει ἀσκήσας elaborately, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.240; [χρυσὸν] βοὸς κέρασιν περίχευεν ἀσκήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.437; [ἑανὸν] ἔξυσ᾽ ἀσκήσασα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.179. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 of personal adornment, dress out, trick out, ἀ. τινὰ κόσμῳ[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1; ἐς κάλλος ἀσκεῖ ] Refs 5th c.BC+]decks herself, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1073; δέμας [prev. author] “Tr.” 1023:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —frequently in passive, σκιεροῖς ἠσκημένα γυίοις furnished with.., [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 61.4; πέπλοισι Περσικοῖς ἠσκημένη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 182; οὐ χλιδαῖς ἠσκημένον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 452 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of buildings, παστὰς ἠσκημένη στύλοισι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169; Παρίῳ λίθῳ ἠσκημένα [prev. author] 3.57: _absolutely_, οἴκημα ἠσκημένον [prev. author] 2.130] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶμα λόγοις ἠσκ. tricked out with words only, not real, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1217:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, σῶμ᾽ ὅπλοις ἠσκήσατο adorned his own person, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1379, cf. Alcaeus161. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]