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αἱρετ-ίζω

airetizo

choose, adoptive

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

αἱρετ-ίζω · hairet-izō — LSJ

choose, adoptive

choose, τινά Com. ap. Phot. p.54 R., cf. Hp. Ep. 17, LXX Ge. l.c., Babr. 61.5; ᾑρέτικα ἐν αὐτῷ εἶναί μου υἱόν 1 Ch. 28.6; ᾑρέτικέ σε οἰκοδομῆσαι ib. 10; αἱρετίσας πατήρ adoptive father, IPE 2.299 (Panticap.): abs., αἱρετίσαντος τοῦ θεοῦ IG 3.74:—Med., LXX Ps. 118(119).30, al., Aesop. 53, Ctes. Fr. 29.9.

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Where it came from

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