ἀκροθινιάζομαι
From LSJ
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
English (LSJ)
A take the spoils, pick out for oneself, E.HF 476, cf. Dionys.Trag.1:—Act. in Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 83] als Bestes auserwählen, νύμφας Eur. Herc. F. 470; ἀπαρχάς Ath. IX, 401 f.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκροθῑνιάζομαι: ἀποθ., λαμβάνω τὰ ἀκροθίνια, λαμβάνω τὸ κάλλιστον μέρος, ἐκλέγω δι’ ἐμαυτόν, Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 476.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1 choisir comme prémices;
2 offrir comme prémices, sacrifier.
Étymologie: ἀκροθίνιον.