The corpus record

ἠθοποι-έω

ethopoieo

mould the character of

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἠθοποι-έω · ēthopoi-eō — LSJ

mould the character of

mould the character of a person, τὸν θεατήν Plu. Per. 2; τὴν ψυχήν S.E. M. 6.30.

II express, delineate character

express or delineate character, D.H. Lys. 19: c. acc., τὸ σχῆμα τῆς γυναικός Aps. p.322 H.

In the wild

ἠθοποιῆσαι · ēthopoiēsai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2349)

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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