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ἀφοσιόω

ἀφοσιόω, to purify from guilt

ἀφοσι-όω, Ion. ἀποσ-,
  • purify from guilt or pollution, τὴν πόλιν Pl. Lg. 873b; σεαυτόν Id. Euthphr. 4c; πόλιν τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Aeschin. 3.120.
      • 2 dedicate, devote, κόρας ἑταιρισμῷ Clearch. 6.
      • 3 establish, consecrate, θυσίας OGI 383.202.
    • II Med., satisfy oneʼs conscience, Pl. Phd. 60e; make atonement or expiation, Id. Phdr. 242c; ἀποσιοῦσθαι τῇ θεῷ Hdt. 1.199; ἀ. ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ Pl. Lg. 874a.
      • 2 c. acc. rei, acquit oneself of an obligation, ἀποσιεύμενος τὴν ἐξόρκωσιν quit oneself conscientiously of oneʼs oath, Hdt. 4.154; ἀ. λόγιον quitting oneself of the orders of an oracle, ib. 203; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Jul. Mis. 361b.
        • b avert a curse or the consequence of crime, ἄγος Plu. Cam. 18, cf. Alc. 33, al.; διαβολάς D.H. 4.79; τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς φύσεως Sallust. 18 (prob.l.).
        • c do a thing for formʼs sake, i.e. do it perfunctorily, οὐδʼ ἀφοσιούμενος ἀλλʼ ὡς οἷόν τʼ ἄριστα παρασκευαζόμενος Is. 7.38; ἀ. περί τινος Pl. Lg. 752d, cf. Ep. 331b; προβολήν Plu. Per. 10.
        • d allege as an excuse, τὴν ἀνάγκην Id. Them. 24.
        • e eschew on religious grounds, hold in abomination, κρόμυον, κυάμους, Id. Isid. 2.353f, Aet.Gr. 286d: abs., Ant. 28.
    • III Pass., ἀφωσιωμέναι· ἀνόσιαι, ἄποθεν τοῦ ὁσίου γεγενημέναι, S. Fr. 253.

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