dedicate
From LSJ
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. καθιεροῦν. Ar. and V. καθοσιοῦσθαι, V. ἁγνίζειν, Ar. and P. καθαγίζειν, P. ἱεροῦν; see also devote.
dedicate offerings: P. and V. ἀνατιθέναι (Euripides, Ion, 1384).
set up in honour of a god: P. and V. ἱδρύειν.
dedicate (land to a god): P. τεμενίζειν (acc.), ἀνιέναι (acc.).
dedicating my body to death: V. Ἅιδῃ προστιθεῖσ' ἐμὸν δέμας (Euripides, Hecuba 368).
Polynices dedicated these shields to the gods: V. τάσδε Πολυνείκης θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε (Euripides, Phoenissae 575).
