φιλοπαίσμων

ον, ονος, Adv.

παίζω

A. fond of play, sportive, ὀρχηθμός Od. 23.134; ὀρχηστῆρες Hes. Fr. 198, cf. Ar. Ra. 333 (lyr.), Them. Or. 24.301c, Lib. Decl. 30.68: of the lion, πρὸς τὰ σύντροφα καὶ συνήθη σφόδρα φ. Arist. HA 629b11: epith. of Pan, BCH 50.240 (Thasos, iii/ii B. C.). The more Att. form φιλοπαίσμων occurs in Pl. R. 452e, Cra. 406c; cf. Poll. 5.161. Adv. ‐μόνως ibid.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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