ἐξιλάσκομαι
From LSJ
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English (LSJ)
fut. -άσομαι [ᾰ],
A propitiate, Δία Orac. ap. Hdt.7.141; Ἀπόλλωνα X.Cyr.7.2.19; τὴν θεόν Men.544.6, cf. J.AJ12.2.14; τὴν ὀργήν τινος Plb.1.68.4; τὸ μήνιμα Plu.2.149d. 2 atone for, ἁμαρτίαν IG22.1365,1366:—Pass., τὸ ἀποίνοις ἐξιλασθέν that which is atoned for by... Pl.Lg.862c. 3 abs., make atonement, περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν, περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, LXXEx.30.15,32.30; ὑπὲρ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰσραήλ ib.Ez.45.17. [ῐ in Orac. ap. Hdt. l.c.]