dedicate

πικρὸν με ἀπαιτεῖς ἐνοίκιον → you ask too much of me, you demand a bitter rent from me

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

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 (Eur., Ion, 1384).

Be dedicated: P. ἀνακεῖσθαι.

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 προστιθεῖσʼ ἐμὸν δέμας (Eur., Hec. 368).

Polynices dedicated these shields to the gods: V. τάσδε Πολυνείκης θεοῖς ἀσπίδας ἔθηκε (Eur., Phoen. 575).