ἐμπαίζω,
future -ξομαι[[ LXX.Hab.1.10: ] LXX]perfect ἐμπέπαιχα[[LXX.Num.22.29 ] LXX]:— mock at, mock, τινί [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134; τινά “PCair.Preis.” 3.10 (4th c.AD): _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 799 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ψυχὴ ὑπό.. σωμάτων καὶ πραγμάτων ἐμπαιζομένη [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.568, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Trag.” 333. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 euphemistic in mal. participle, [[ LXX.Josh.19.25. ] LXX]
__3 passive, to be deluded, [[NT.Matt.2.16, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.56.2 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 16.14 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]; to be defrauded, of the revenues, [[ “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.34.2. ] Refs]
__II sport in or on, ὡς νεβρὸς χλοεραῖς ἐ. λείμακος ἡδοναῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 866 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς χοροῖσιν ἐ. to sport in the dance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 975; τῷ γυμνασίῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]