dedicate
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. καθιεροῦν. Ar. and V. καθοσιοῦσθαι, V. ἁγνίζειν, Ar. and P. καθαγίζειν, P. ἱεροῦν; see also devote.
dedicate offerings: P. and V. ἀνατιθέναι (Eur., Ion, 1384).
set up in honour of a god: P. and V. ἱδρύειν.
dedicate (land to a god): P. τεμενίζειν (acc.), ἀνιέναι (acc.).
dedicating my body to death: V. Ἅιδῃ προστιθεῖσ' ἐμὸν δέμας (Eur., Hecuba 368).
polynices dedicated these shields to the gods: V. τάσδε Πολυνείκης θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε (Eur., Phoenissae 575).
