retire from intercourse, ἀφεψιάομαι, A. retire from intercourse, ἀφεψιασάμην, = ἀφωμίλησα , S. Fr. 138 ; v. ἑψία.
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retire from intercourse, ἀφεψιάομαι, A. retire from intercourse, ἀφεψιασάμην, = ἀφωμίλησα , S. Fr. 138 ; v. ἑψία.
amusement ἑψί-α [ῐ], Ion. -ιη,ἡ, A. amusement, S. Fr. 3 ;plaything, Nic. Th. 880 : pl.,ἔψια,τά, EM 406.8 ;ἕψεια, Hsch. (Etym. uncertain: derived by Hsch. fromἕπρμαι, byEMfromἔπος. The connexion with
amuse oneself ἑψι-άομαι, (ἑψία) Ep. Verb, A. amuse oneself, θύρῃσι καθήμενοι ἑψιαάσθων Od. 17.530 ; ἑψιάασθαι μολπῇ καὶ φόρμιγγι 21.429 ; ἀμφ' ἀστραγάλοισι . . ἑψιόωντο A.R. 3.118 , cf. 1.459 ,
playing together, playmate, ὁμέψιος,ον, (ἑψία) A. playing together, playmate, Νύμφαισιν AP 9.826 , cf. Nonn. D. 10.193 ,al.