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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cause to remain over and above]], [[keep safe]], [[preserve]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.36</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.2.25</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Lys.13.63</span>, etc.; ἐκ κακῶν καὶ πολέμου ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς π. <span class="bibl">Id.6.47</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of money, food, etc., [[save up]], [[lay by]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>11.10</span>; ἀπ' ὀλίγων ib.<span class="bibl">2.10</span>; τῶν προσόδων = [[part]] of the [[revenue]]s, <span class="bibl">Is.6.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2148.17</span> (i A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[obtain a net product]] or [[obtain]] a [[residue]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> generally, [[procure]], [[secure]], [[achieve]], [[lay up]], αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.301</span>; π. τῇ πόλει τὰ εἰς τιμὴν ἀνήκοντα <span class="title">Milet.</span>3 No.146.84 (iii B. C.); πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τῶν συμφερόντων τῇ πατρίδι <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.1757 (Sardes, i B. C.); δυναστείας ἑαυτοῖς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.3</span> (Med.), cf. <span class="bibl">D.15.11</span>; τὰ πράγματα ἐς ἑαυτοὺς π. [[get]] things into their own hands, <span class="bibl">Th.8.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.7.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Med., [[keep for oneself]] or [[save for oneself]], [τὸ παιδίον] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.110</span> (sed leg. -ποιήσῃς) τὸ ζῆν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1315a26</span>; ἐλπίδας ἑαυτῷ <span class="bibl">D.19.240</span>; [[compass]], [[acquire]], [[gain possession of]], [[δύναμιν]], [[ἰσχύν]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>,<span class="bibl">15</span>; ἑαυτῷ ὄνομα καὶ δύναμιν περιποιήσασθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ma.</span>6.44</span>; παρὰ τοῦ πλήθους δόξαν <span class="bibl">D.12.19</span>; αὑτοῖς δυναστείαν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1306a24</span>; πρόβατα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>87.7</span>(iii B. C.); [ἐκκλησίαν] διὰ τοῦ αἵματος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>20.28</span>; [[save]], τοσαῦτα ὥστε καὶ πλουτεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.7.3</span>; χρυσίον LXX 1 <span class="title">Ch.</span>29.3; [[make gain]], ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.38</span> :— Pass., χρήματα περιποιηθησόμενα <span class="title">Cod.Just.</span>1.4.26 <span class="title">Intr.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in sense of Act. 1.1, freq. in LXX, as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>12.12</span>, al.</span>