one must characterize
one must characterize, Hermog. Id. 2.10, Eust. 1388.26.
II one must endow with distinctive character
one must endow with distinctive character, Iamb. Myst. 3.27, Dam. Pr. 102.
The corpus record
χαρακτηρ-ιστέον
charakteristeon
one must characterize
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What it meant — LSJ
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.