υἱο-θεσία, ἡ,
adoption as a son, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus 130.18 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; in a religious sense, πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας [[ NT.Rom.8.15, compare 23, NT.Gal.4.5 ] NT]; frequently in Inscrr., in the phrase καθ᾽ υἱοθεσίαν, [[ “GDI” 2581.218 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), “SIG” 581.102 (Crete, 2nd c.BC, ὑο-): _plural_, νεανίσκων υἱοθεσίας ποιεῖσθαι 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.53. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]