ἐκμειλίσσω
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
A soften, Gal.11.317.
II mostly Med., appease, Corn.ND21, App.BC1.97, Plu.2.380c, D.C.79.19, Conon 18.
Spanish (DGE)
• Alolema(s): át. ἐκμειλίττω
1 tr., en v. med. aplacar, apaciguar c. ac. de pers., héroes, dioses o de abstr. τούς τε ἄλλους ἥρωας ἐκμειλισσάμενος, μάλιστα δὲ τὴν Αἴαντος ... ψυχήν Cono 1.18, cf. Plu.2.380c, αὐτάς (τὰς Ἐριννῦς) Sch.A.A.644a (p.152), τὸν θεόν Olymp.Iob 80.10, (τὸ) ἐπιθυμητικόν Aristid.Quint.91.8, cf. Ast.Am.Hom.8.27.1, τὸν ἄνδρα App.BC 1.97, cf. D.C.79.19.3, Corn.ND 21, c. dat. instrum. τὴν δυσμένειαν δωρεαῖς ... ἐκμειλίσσεται I.BI 1.362, cf. en v. pas. I.BI 4.544.
2 intr. amansarse, domesticarse αὗται (βδέλλαι) γὰρ ἐκμειλίττουσαι Gal.11.317.
German (Pape)
[Seite 769] ganz besänftigen, begütigen, im med., Plut. Is. et Os. 73; App. B. C. 1, 97; D. C. 79, 19.
Greek Monolingual
ἐκμειλίσσω (AM)
καταπραΰνω, ημερώνω.
