πεσςεύω

A. play at draughts, Heraclit. 52, Pl. Alc. 1.110e, R. 487b, X. Mem. 3.9.9, etc.: prov., τύχη ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὰ ἀνθρώπεια πεττεύει fortune gambles with human affairs, Ph. 2.85.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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