προπηλακίζω

A. ‐ιῶ Th. 6.54: (apparently from πήλαξ = πηλός, though neither πήλαξ nor the simple πηλακίζω certainly existed): —bespatter with mud, or trample in the mire: only metaph., treat with contumely, τοὐμὸν στόμα S. OT 427, cf.Ar. Th. 386(Pass.); freq. in Att. Prose, Th. l. c., And. 4.16, Pl. R. 562d, etc.:—Pass., Lys. 15.6, etc.; ἰδὼν προπεπηλακισμένην [τὴν φιλοσοφίαν] ἀναξίως Pl. R. 536c; προπηλακισθέντες λόγοις ἢ καὶ ἀτίμοις ἔργοις Id. Lg. 866e; ὑβρίζετο καὶ προὐπηλακίζεθ’ ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου D. 9.60.

II. c. acc. rei, throw in one's teeth, reproach one with, εἴ τις πενίαν π. Id. 18.256.