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ἀτάλλω

ἀτάλλω, to skip in childish glee, gambol

ἀτάλλω [ᾰ], (ἀταλός) only in pres. and impf.,
  • skip in childish glee, gambol, ἄταλλε δὲ κήτεʼ ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ Il. 13.27, cf. Mosch. 2.116, Philostr. Im. 2.3.
    • II Act., bring up a child, rear, foster, Hom. Epigr. 4.2; νέαν ψυχὴν ἀτάλλων S. Aj. 559: metaph., ἐλπὶς ἀτάλλοισα καρδίαν Pi. Fr. 214:—Pass., grow up, wax, h.Merc. 400:—Act., intr. in this sense, ἐτρέφετʼ ἀτάλλων [ᾱτ] Hes. Op. 131.—Poet. and later Prose.

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