περιποίησις
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A keeping safe, preservation, Pl.Def.415c, LXX 2 Ch.14.13(12), Ma.3.17, Ep.Hebr.10.39. 2 concrete, those who are saved, Ep.Eph.1.14. II gaining possession of, acquisition, 1 Ep.Thess.5.9, 2 Ep.Thess.2.14, PTeb. 317.26 (ii A. D.), Vett.Val.85.16, Just.Edict.13.15 ; procuring, A.D. Synt.294.9. 2 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν, = λ. περιούσιος, 1 Ep.Pet.2.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 588] ἡ, das Erhalten, Erübrigen, Erwerben, N. T. u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
περιποίησις: ἡ, ἀσφαλὴς διατήρησις, Ὅρ. Πλάτ. 415C, Ἑβδ. (Β΄ Παραλ. ΙΔ΄, 13), Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ἑβρ. ι΄, 39· ― ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ἐφεσ. α΄, 14, τῆς περιποιήσεως φαίνεται ὅτι εἶναι = τῶν περιποιηθέντων, τῶν διασωθέντων. ΙΙ. (ἐκ τοῦ μέσ.) τό, κτᾶσθαί τι, κτῆσις, Α΄ Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Θεσσ. ε΄, 9, Β΄, β΄, 14. 2) κτῆσις, κατοχή, Α΄, Ἐπιστ. Πέτρ. β΄, 9.
