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αὐτοσχεδιάζω

αὐτοσχεδιάζω, to improvise

αὐτοσχεδι-άζω, aor. part. Pass. -ασθείς Stratt. 4 D.: (αὐτοσχέδιος):—
  • act or speak offhand, extemporize, Pl. Cra. 413d, Mx. 235c, X. Mem. 3.5.21.
      • 2 c. acc., extemporize, τὰ δέοντα Th. 1.138, cf. X. HG 5.2.32.
    • II mostly in bad sense, act, speak, or think unadvisedly, v.l. in Pl. Euthd. 278e; αὐ. καὶ καινοτομεῖν περὶ τῶν θείων Id. Euthphr. 5a, cf. Ap. 20c, Isoc. 9.41, D. 61.43; περί τι Pl. Euthphr. 16a, Arist. Pol. 1326b19; εἰς τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων σώματα Aeschin. 3.158.

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