ἀποστερεόω
From LSJ
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
English (LSJ)
A harden, Ph.Bel.79.4, 81.4:—Pass., become solid, Arist.Mir.837b13, 844a14: metaph., -όομαι πρός τι persist stubbornly in, Phld.Rh.2.31S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 327] ganz hart u. fest machen, Arist. Mirab. 91. 146.