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καθαγίζω

καθαγίζω, to devote, dedicate, offer

καθᾰγ-ίζω, Att. fut. -ιῶ: Ion. fut. inf. κατ-αγιεῖν Hdt. 1.86:—
  • devote, dedicate, ἀκροθίνια θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή l.c.; νήττῃ πυρούς Ar. Av. 566, cf. Lys. 238, Pl. Criti. 120a, Men. 319.13, etc.; esp. of a burnt offering, θυμιήματα κ. Hdt. 2.130; κ. πυρί ib. 47; κ. ἐπὶ πύρης Id. 7.167; ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ Id. 1.183; ἀρκεύθου ξύλοις Paus. 2.10.5: abs., Hdt. 2.40, etc.; make offerings to the dead, Luc. Luct. 9:—Pass., cj. in Ph. 1.190 (καταγιζ- Pap., καθαγνιζ- codd.), 558 (καθαγνιζ- codd.).
    • II generally, burn, καταγιζομένου τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἐπιβαλλομένου [ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ] Hdt. 1.202; esp. burn a dead body, τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Καίσαρος ἐν ἀγορᾷ κ. Plu. Ant. 14, cf. Brut. 20; so (as cj. for καθήγνισαν) ὅσων σπαράγματʼ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν whose mangled bodies dogs have buried, i.e. devoured, S. Ant. 1081 (= μετὰ ἄγους ἐκόμισαν, Sch.).

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