ἐξιλάσκομαι
μέγα βιβλίον ἴσον τῷ μεγάλῳ κακῷ → a big book is the same as a big bad | a big book is the same as a big pain | a big book is a big evil | big book, big bad
English (LSJ)
fut. -άσομαι [ᾰ],
A propitiate, Δία Orac. ap. Hdt.7.141; Ἀπόλλωνα X.Cyr.7.2.19; τὴν θεόν Men.544.6, cf. J.AJ12.2.14; τὴν ὀργήν τινος Plb.1.68.4; τὸ μήνιμα Plu.2.149d. 2 atone for, ἁμαρτίαν IG22.1365,1366:—Pass., τὸ ἀποίνοις ἐξιλασθέν that which is atoned for by... Pl.Lg.862c. 3 abs., make atonement, περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν, περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, LXXEx.30.15,32.30; ὑπὲρ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰσραήλ ib.Ez.45.17. [ῐ in Orac. ap. Hdt. l.c.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 882] (s. ἱλάσκω), mit sich aussöhnen, versöhnen, θεόν Orac. bei Her. 7, 141, wie Xen. Cyr. 7, 2, 19 u. Sp., Pol. 1, 68, 4. 3, 112, 9; τὸ μήνιμα τῆς θεοῦ Plut.; τὸ ἀποίνοις ἐξιλασθέν Plat. Legg. IX, 862 c.