pesou`mai , f. of pivptw .
pesseiva , Att. pett- , hJ , a game at draughts, Plat.
pesseuthv"
pesseuthv" , ou`, oJ , ( pesseuvw ) a draught-player, Plat.
pesseutikov"
pesseutikov" , Att. pett- , hv, ovn , fit for draught-playing ( pessoiv ), skilled therein, Plat .: petteutikhv ( sc. tevcnh ) = pesseiva , Id.
pesseuvw
pesseuvw , Att. pett- , f. sw , to play at draughts ( v. sub pessov" ), Plat. , Xen.
pessov", PESSO vS
PESSO vS , Att. pettov" , oJ , an oval-shaped stone for playing a game like our draughts, mostly in pl. , Od., Hdt. , etc.
II. oiJ pessoiv , the place in which the game was played, or the game itself, Eur.
pevssw, PE vSSW
PE vSSW
,
Att.
pevttw
, later
pevptw
(from which form come the tenses):
f.
pevyw
:
aor.
I
e[peya
:
Pass.
,
f.
pefqhvsomai
:
aor.
I
ejpevfqhn
:
pf. pass.
pevpemmai
,
inf.
pepevfqai
:
to soften, ripen
or
change,
by means of heat:
I.
of the sun,
to ripen
fruit, Od.;
cf.
pepaivnw
.
II.
by the action of fire,
to cook, dress, bake,
Hdt
.,
Ar.
:
Pass.
,
Hdt.
:
Med.
,
pevssesqai pevmmata
to cook oneself
cakes, Id.
III.
of the stomach,
to digest,
like
Lat.
concoquere
,
Arist.
2.
metaph
.,
covlon pevssein
to cherish
or
nurse
ones wrath,
Lat.
fovere
,
Il.;
bevlo" pevssein
to have
a dart in one
to nurse,
Ib.; but in good sense,
gevra pessevmen
to enjoy
them, Ib.; also,
ajkivndunon aijw`na pevssein
to lead a sodden
life of ease,
Pind.
peswvn
peswvn , aor. 2 part. of pivptw .
petalismov"
peta±lismov" , oJ , (as if from petalivzw ) petalism, a mode of banishing too powerful citizens practised in Syracuse, like the ojstrakismov" of Athens, except that the name was written upon olive-leaves.
pevtalon
pevta±lon , tov , ( petavnnumi ) a leaf, mostly in pl. , Hom. : poët. , neikevwn pevtala contentious votes ( cf. petalismov" ), Pind.
II. a leaf of metal, Luc.
pevta±lo" , Ion. pevthlo" , h, on , broad, flat, Anth.
pevtamai