ἀφοσίωσις
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν → and you have kept here something belonging to the gods below, a corpse deprived, unburied, unholy | but keepest in this world one who belongs to the gods infernal, a corpse unburied, unhonoured, all unhallowed
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A purification, expiation, D.H.2.52: pl., Plu.2.302b; defined as ὁσιότητος παραλελειμμένης ἀποπλήρωσις Herm.in Phdr.p.94A. 2 doing as matter of form, ἀφοσιώσεως ἕνεκεν for form's sake, Plu.Eum.12; τιμῆς ἀ. outward, formal respect, Id.Tim.39; κατὰ ἀφοσίωσιν Dam.Pr.171.
German (Pape)
[Seite 414] ἡ, dasselbe, die Reinigung, Plut. τῆς ἀφοσιώσεως ἕνεκα, nur zum Scheine, um dem Gewissen zu genügen, Eum. 12; τιμῆς ἀφοσίωσις Timol. 39, die äußerliche, kalte Ehrenbezeugung.
