εξιλεώνω

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ἐν τυφλῶν πόλεϊ γλαμυρός βασιλεύει → in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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Greek Monolingual

(AM ἐξιλεῶ, -όω)
καταπραΰνω, εξευμενίζω
νεοελλ.
παθ. συγχωρούμαι για τα λάθη μου («πώς να εξιλεωθώ απέναντι σου;»)
αρχ.-μσν.
1. εξαγνίζω, καθαιρώ
2. μέσ. ἐξιλεοῡμαι
παρακαλώ, ικετεύω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Βλ. λ. εξιλεούμαι].