consecrate
From LSJ
ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. καθιεροῦν, V. ἁγνίζειν, Ar. and V. καθοσιοῦσθαι, Ar. and P. καθαγίζειν, P. ἱεροῦν; see dedicate.
dedicate (as an offering): P. and V. ἀνατιθέναι (Eur., Ion, 1384).
consecrate (a person): P. and V. τελεῖν.
consecrate (land): P. τεμενίζειν (acc.), ἀνιέναι (acc.).
