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βελτ-ιόω

beltioo

improve, give, better reason for

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What it meant

βελτ-ιόω · belt-ioō — LSJ

improve, give, better reason for

improve, Ph. 1.202, al., Stud.Pal. 1.7ii 20 (v A. D.), etc.:—Pass., Ph. 1.169, al., Plu. Profect. 2.85c, SIG 888.5 (Thrace, iii A. D.), Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.23.18, etc.; οὔτε βελτιοῦσι τὴν αἰτίαν τῶν παθῶν give no better reason for, Posidon. ap. Gal. 5.469.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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