λωβάω

From LSJ

ἀγαθοὶ δὲ ἐγένοντο διὰ τὸ φῦναι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν → they were virtuous because they were sprung from virtuous men, virtuous they were because they were sprung from men of virtue

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
d'ord. au Moy., v. λωβάομαι.