The corpus record

ἁγ-ιστεύω

agisteuo

perform sacred rites

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Where it lives

Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

ἁγ-ιστεύω · hag-isteuō — LSJ

perform sacred rites

perform sacred rites, Pl. Lg. 759d: c. acc., ἱερουργίαν D.H. 1.40:—Pass., ὅσα ἄλλα -εύεται Ph. 2.231.

2 to be holy, live purely, to be sacred

to be holy, live purely, ὅστις.. βιοτὰν ἁ. καὶ θιασεύεται ψυχάν E. Ba. 74; to be sacred, Paus. 6.20.2, cf. 8.13.1.

II purify

Act., purify, φόνου χεῖρας Orac. ap. Paus. 10.6.7.

2 deem holy

deem holy:—Pass., of places, Str. 9.3.1, D.H. 1.40.

In the wild

ἁγιστεύει · hagisteuei Euripides, Bacchae 73–82
ἁγιστεύσειν · hagisteusein Plato, Laws 759

Where it came from

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