ἀσκέω,
I
1. work raw materials, εἴρια, κέρα, Il. 3.388, 4.110; work curiously, form by art, [ κρητῆρα] Σιδόνες πολυδαίδαλοι εὖ ἤσκησαν ib. 23.743; ἑρμῖν’ ἀσκήσας Od. 23.198; πτύξασα καὶ ἀσκήσασα χιτῶνα having folded and smoothed it, ib. 1.439; ἅρμα.. χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ εὖ ἤσκηται Il. 10.438; χορὸν ἤσκησεν ib. 18.592; γόμφοις ἀ. Emp. 87: added in aor. part. to Verbs, [ θρόνον] τεύξει ἀσκήσας elaborately, Il. 14.240; [ χρυσὸν] βοὸς κέρασιν περίχευεν ἀσκήσας Od. 3.437; [ ἑανὸν] ἔξυσ’ ἀσκήσασα Il. 14.179.
2. of personal adornment, dress out, trick out, ἀ. τινὰ κόσμῳ Hdt. 3.1; ἐς κάλλος ἀσκεῖ decks herself, E. El. 1073; δέμας Id. Tr. 1023: - freq. in Pass., σκιεροῖς ἠσκημένα γυίοις furnished with.., Emp. 61.4; πέπλοισι Περσικοῖς ἠσκημένη A. Pers. 182; οὐ χλιδαῖς ἠσκημένον S. El. 452; of buildings, παστὰς ἠσκημένη στύλοισι Hdt. 2.169; Παρίῳ λίθῳ ἠσκημένα Id. 3.57: abs., οἴκημα ἠσκημένον Id. 2.130; σῶμα λόγοις ἠσκ. tricked out with words only, not real, S. El. 1217: - Med., σῶμ’ ὅπλοις ἠσκήσατο adorned his own person, E. Hel. 1379, cf. Alc. 161.
3. in Pi., honour a divinity, do him reverence, δαίμον’ ἀσκήσω θεραπεύων P. 3.109; ἀσκεῖται Θέμις O. 8.22.
II practise, exercise, train, esp. in Prose and Com., properly of athletic exercise,
1. c. acc. of person or thing, ἀ. τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τρόπον Ar. Pl. 47; ἀ. τὰ σώματα εἰς ἰσχύν X. Cyr. 2.1.20, cf. Mem. 1.2.19; ἐχθρὸν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς τηλικοῦτον ἠσκήκαμεν D. 3.28: - Pass., σώματα εὖ ἠσκημένα X. Cyr. 1.6.41; εἰς ἀγῶνα ἄμεινον ἡμῶν ἤσκηνται D. 9.52; ἀσκεῖσθαι λέγειν Luc. Demon. 4; τὴν Κυνικὴν ἄσκησιν Id. Tox. 27; λόγοις D.C. 45.2; ἐν παιδείᾳ Id. 60.2; πρός τι D.S. 2.54.
2. c. acc. of the thing practised, ἀ. τέχνην, πεντάεθλον, Hdt. 3.125, 9.33; λόγους Democr. 53a, 110; μανθάνειν καὶ ἀ. τι Pl. Grg. 509e; ἀ. παγκράτιον, στάδιον, etc., Id. Lg. 795b, Thg. 128e; ἠσκηκέναι μηδεμίαν ἄσκησιν κυριωτέραν τῆς πολεμικῆς Arist. Pol. 1271b5: metaph., ἀ. τὴν ἀληθείην, δικαιοσύνην, Hdt. 7.209, 1.96; δίκαια S. OC 913; ἀρετήν E. Fr. 853, Pl. R. 407a; κακότητα A. Pr. 1066 (lyr.), cf. S. Tr. 384; ἀσέβειαν E. Ba. 476; τὰ δίκαια Crates Theb. 12; λαλιάν Ar. Nu. 931 (anap.): c. dupl. acc., ἀ. αὑτόν τε καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὑτῷ τὰ πολεμικά X. Cyr. 8.6.10.
3. c. inf., ἄσκει τοιαύτη μένειν practise, endeavour to remain such, S. El. 1024; λέγειν ἠσκηκότες Id. Fr. 963; εὐσεβεῖν ἠσκηκότα E. Fr. 1067; ἀ. γαστρὸς κρείττους εἶναι, τοὺς φίλους ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν, X. Cyr. 4.2.45, 5.5.12, cf. Mem. 2.1.6; ἤσκει ἐξομιλεῖν παντοδαποῖς he made a practice of associating.., Id. Ages. 11.4.
4. abs., practise, go into training, Pl. R. 389c, X. Cyr. 2.1.29; οἱ ἀσκέοντες those who practise gymnastics, Hp. Acut. 9; περὶ τὰς βαναύσους τέχνας Plb. 9.20.9.
G778 — ἀσκέω
ἀσκῶ;
1. to form by art, to adorn; in Homer.
2. to exercise (oneself), take pains, labor, strive; followed by an infinitive (as in Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 6; Cyril 5, 5, 12, etc.): [Act 24:16].