περιποι-έω,
cause to remain over and above, keep safe, preserve, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, +others, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.63, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ κακῶν καὶ πολέμου ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς π. [[ [prev. author] 6.47. ] Refs]
__2 of money, food, etc., save up, lay by, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.10; ἀπ᾽ ὀλίγων [prev. work] 2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν προσόδων part of the revenues, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.38, compare “POxy.” 2148.17 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 obtain a net product or residue, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 58. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 generally, procure, secure, achieve, lay up, αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.301; π. τῇ πόλει τὰ εἰς τιμὴν ἀνήκοντα “Milet.” 3 No.146.84 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τῶν συμφερόντων τῇ πατρίδι [[ “IGRom.” 4.1757 (Sardes, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; δυναστείας ἑαυτοῖς [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.3 (_middle_),compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ πράγματα ἐς ἑαυτοὺς π. get things into their own hands, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, keep or save for oneself, [τὸ παιδίον] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110 (sed to be read -ποιήσῃς) τὸ ζῆν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315a26; ἐλπίδας ἑαυτῷ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.240 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compass, acquire, gain possession of, δύναμιν, ἰσχύν, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, 15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτῷ ὄνομα καὶ δύναμιν π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.17, cf. LXX.1Mac.6.44; παρὰ τοῦ πλήθους δόξαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.19; αὑτοῖς δυναστείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a24; πρόβατα “PMich.Zen.” 87.7 (3rd c.BC)] LXX+5th c.BC+]; [ἐκκλησίαν] διὰ τοῦ αἵματος [[ NT.Act.20.28 ] NT]; saue, τοσαῦτα ὥστε καὶ πλουτεῖν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.3; χρυσίον LXX.1Ch.29.3 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; make gain, ἀπό τινος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, χρήματα περιποιηθησόμενα [[ “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.4.26 “Intr.” ] Refs]