dedicate

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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).

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 προστιθεῖσ' ἐμὸν δέμας (Euripides, Hecuba 368).

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