σαίνω,
[[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 771 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect σαῖνον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.219 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσηνα [[ 17.302 ] Refs]; Doric dialect ἔσᾱνα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.6, “P.” 1.52 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 194 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—properly of dogs, wag the tail, fawn, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα κύνες.. σαίνωσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.217; νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας 16.6; σαίνεις δάκνουσα καὶ κύων λαίθαργος εἶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 885; ἡ κύων ἔσηνε καὶ προσῆλθ᾽ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Comedy texts 14.5: with the _dative_ added, οὐρῇ μέν ῥ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἔσηνε] Refs 8th c.BC+], of the dog Argus, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.302; σ. οὐρῇ τε καὶ οὔασι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; ἔσαινεν οὐρᾷ με 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 687 (ἔσαινεν οὐράν] Refs 8th c.BC+] wagged his tail, Hemsterhuis, compare [[ Scholia recentia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 704, Scholia recentia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.109). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically of persons, fawn, cringe, ὑδαρεῖ σ. φιλότητι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 798 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Pers.” 97 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant); also σ. ποτὶ πάντας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποτὶ ἀγγελίαν greet it with joy, [[ [prev. author] “O.” 4.6. ] Refs]
__III with accusative person, fawn upon, κέρκῳ τινά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1031, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.604 (3rd c.BC(?): Nossis Epigrammatica)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of fishes, σαίνοντες οὐραίοισι τὴν κεκτημένην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 762. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]