ἐπισφρᾱγ-ίζω,
Epic dialect ἐπισφρᾱγ-σφρηγ-, put a seal on, [[ PRyl. 237.1,2 (_passive_, 3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 confirm, ratify, θανόντι [[ “APl.” 5.366, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 354.19:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] — middle, ἐ. διὰ τῆς συγκλήτου τὴν αὑτοῦ παρανομίαν get it sanctioned, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 32.6.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; give one's sanction to, δόγμα [[ 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 10p.437M. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II middle, confirm, ratify, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855e, 957b, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.71, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τινί τι give it him as a solemn gift, [[ “GDI” 2517.16 (Delph.). ] Refs]
__II.2 put as a seal upon, impress upon, [τῇ πολιτικῇ] μίαν ἰδέαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 258c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷς -όμεθα τὸ αὐτὸ ὅ ἐστι probably conjecture in [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 75d; ἁγνείαν ψυχαῖς 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.381; σιγὴν χείλεσι ἐ. 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 47.218 (but in 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.15 σιγῇ ἐ. τι, and so [ἀριθμῷ] γένη ζῴων -ίζεται ] Refs 1st c.AD+]marks with.., [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.353 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; -ιζομένην (i.e. τέχνην) βεβαιότητι τὰ παθῶν μέτρα [[ 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 33.9)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be impressed upon, τὸ γεγονὸς ἐν ταῖς γνώμαις -ίσθη [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.25.8 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; to be marked, φελλοῖς, of nets, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 6.90 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]