ὁσι-όω,
make holy, middle, keep oneself pure, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 114, see reading in 70 (both Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be purified, hallowed, ὁσιωθείς [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 472.15 (_anapaest meter_); ὡσιώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the souls of men, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 28. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 absolutely, make things pure, do what heaven requires, φυγαῖσι by banishing the murderer, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 515; τὸ τὸν κατιόντα ὁσιοῦν καὶ καθαίρεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.73 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁσιοῦν [τινα] τῇ γῇ satisfy divine law by throwing earth, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 10.7. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]