ἐξομοιόω
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
A make quite like, assimilate, τὸ εἶδος Hdt.3.24; αὑτὸν τῇ πολιτείᾳ Pl.Grg.512e; ἐ. τοὺς καρπούς produce fruit exactly like, Thphr.HP2.2.4; adapt, τοῖς ἤθεσι τῶν λεγόντων καὶ τῶν ἀκουόντων τοὺς λόγους Anon.Oxy.1012i 28; compare, liken, τί τινι Str.2.5.22, Ph.2.11, al.:—Pass., become or be like, ἄνδρας γυναιξὶν ἐξομοιοῦσθαι φύσιν E.Andr.354, cf. S.Aj.549, X.Oec.7.32; ὁ Ἄψος σχῆμα ἐ. πρὸς τὸν Πηνειόν Plu.Flam.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 886] ganz ähnlich machen; Soph. ἐξομοιοῦσθαι φύσιν, sich die Natur aneignen, Ai. 545; Eur. Andr. 354; ἐξομοιεῦντες τὸ εἶδος Her. 3, 24; ἑαυτόν τινι Plat. Gorg. 512 e u. Sp.; πρός τι, Plut. Flamin. 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐξομοιόω: καθιστῶ τι ὅμοιον, ἐξομοιεῦντες τὸ εἶδος ἐς τὸ δυνατὸν Ἡρόδ. 3. 24· αὑτὸν τῇ πολιτείᾳ Πλάτ. Γοργ. 512Ε· πάντα δοκεῖ τοὺς καρποὺς ἐξομοιοῦν, παράγειν ὁμοίους καρπούς, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 2. 2, 4: ― Παθ., γίνομαι ἢ εἶμαι ὅμοιός τινι, ἄνδρας γυναιξὶν ἐξομοιοῦσθαι φύσιν Εὐρ. Ἀνδρ. 354, πρβλ. Ξεν. Οἰκ. 7, 32· σχῆμα ἐξ. πρός τινα Πλουτ. Φλαμινῖνος 3: ― ἐν Σοφ. Αἴαντι 549 δεῖ πωλοδαμνεῖν (αὐτὸν) κἀξομοιοῦσθαι φύσιν, τὸ ἐξομοιοῦσθαι εἶναι παθ. ἔχον ὡς ὑποκείμενον τὸ αὐτόν, τὸ δὲ φύσιν εἶναι αἰτ. ἐκφράζουσα τὸ κατά τι, ἴδε σημ. Jebb ἐν τόπῳ.
