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ἐξημερόω

ἐξημερόω, to tame

ἐξημερ-όω,
  • tame or reclaim entirely, χῶρον [ἀκανθώδη] Hdt. 1.126; ἐ. γαῖαν free the land from wild beasts, etc., E. HF 20, 852; reclaim wild plants, κοτίνους εἰς συκᾶς ἐ. Plu. Fab. 20, cf. Thphr. HP 2.2.12 (Pass.), al.: metaph., soften, humanize, τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀτέραμνον Plb. 4. 21.4; διανοίας Ph. 2.402; τὰς τῶν ἠθῶν καὶ παθῶν ὕλας LXX 4 Ma. 1.29; αὑτὸν διὰ παιδείας Plu. Num. 3; τὴν νῆσον ἐξηγριωμένην ὑπὸ κακῶν . . ἐξημέρωσε Id. Tim. 35, cf. Parth. 20.1; ἡ ἐξημερωμένη ἐν τοῖς νῦν χρόνοις ἀναστροφή our present civilized life, Phld. Sto. 339.19.

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