ἀποθεόω

English (LSJ)

   A deify, Pteb.5.78 (ii B.C.), Plb.12.23.4, Plu.Num.6, etc.:—Pass., Γανυμήδης . . ἀποθεούμενος Nicol.Com.1.35; μετὰ τὸ ἀποθεωθῆναι CIG2831.7 (Aphrodisias); cf. -θειόω.    2 in magic, drown a sacred animal and thus liberate its divine element, PMag.Berol.1.5, PMag.Lond. 121.629 (Pass.); ἀ. ἱέρακα ἐν ὕδατι Afric. ap. Sch.Tz.H.9.161.

German (Pape)

[Seite 302] vergöttern, Nicol. com. Stob. Floril. 14, 7; Pol. 12, 23 Plut. u. a. Sp.