purify from guilt
ἀφοσι-όω, Ion.
ἀποσ-,
A. purify from guiltorpollution,
τὴν πόλιν
Pl. Lg. 873b
; σεαυτόν
Id. Euthphr. 4c
; πόλιν τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεούς
Aeschin. 3.120
.
2. dedicate, devote,
κόρας ἑταιρισμῷ
Clearch. 6
.
3. establish, consecrate,
θυσίας
OGI 383.202
.
II.
Med. ,satisfy one's conscience,
Pl. Phd. 60e ;make atonementorexpiation,
Id. Phdr. 242c ; ἀποσιοῦσθαι τῇ θεῷ
Hdt. 1.199
; ἀ. ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ
Pl. Lg. 874a
.
2. c.acc. rei,acquit oneself ofan obligation,ἀποσιεύμενος τὴν ἐξόρκωσιν quit oneself conscientiously ofone's oath, Hdt. 4.154 ;ἀ. λόγιον quitting oneself of the orders ofan oracle, ib. 203 ; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεούς
Jul. Mis. 361b
.
b. averta curse or the consequence of crime, ἄγος
Plu. Cam. 18
, cf. Alc. 33 ,al.; διαβολάς
D.H. 4.79
; τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς φύς εως
Sallust. 18
(prob.l.).
c. doa thingfor form's sake,i.e.doitperfunctorily,
οὐδ' ἀφοσιούμενος ἀλλ' ὡς οἷόν τ' ἄριστα παρασκευαζόμενος
Is. 7.38
; ἀ. περί τινος
Pl. Lg. 752d
, cf. Ep. 331b ; προβολήν
Plu. Per. 10
.
d. allege as an excuse,
τὴν ἀνάγκην
Id. Them. 24
.
e. eschew on religious grounds, hold in abomination, κρόμυον, κυάμους,
Id. 2.353f , 286d : abs., Ant. 28 .
III.
Pass. ,ἀφωσιωμέναι: ἀνόσιαι, ἄποθεν τοῦ ὁσίου γεγενημέναι,
S. Fr. 253 .
