υἱο-θεσία,ἡ,
A. adoption as a son,
Nic.
Dam. 130.18
J. ; in a religious sense, πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας
Ep.Rom. 8.15
, cf. 23 , Ep.Gal. 4.5 ; freq. in Inscrr., in the phraseκαθ' υἱοθεσίαν,
GDI 2581.218 (Delph.,ii B. C.), SIG 581.102 (Crete,ii B. C.,ὑο-): pl., νεανίσκων υἱοθεσίας ποιεῖσθαι
D.L. 4.53
.