σαίνω
I. of dogs, "to wag the tail, fawn", Od.; οὐρῆι ἔσηνε, of the dog Argus, id=Od.
II. metaph. "to fawn, cringe", Pind., Aesch.
III. c. acc. pers. "to fawn upon", Ar.: "to pay court to, greet", Pind., Soph.; σα. μόρον "to deprecate, shrink from" death, Aesch.:—Pass., σαίνομαι ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδος id=Aesch.
2. "to beguile, cozen, deceive", id=Aesch.
3. in NTest., σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι seems to mean "to be moved, disturbed".