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καινο-ποιέω

kainopoieo

make new, renew

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What it meant — LSJ

make new, renew, gives new life to, renew the memory of

make new, renew, τὴν θεραπείαν Id. 15.25.17; κ. ἐλπίδας gives new life to hopes, Id. 3.70.11; κ. τά τινος ἁμαρτήματα renew the memory of . . , Id. 30.4.17:— Pass., ἐκαινοποιήθη τὰ τῆς ὀργῆς Id. 21.31.3, cf. 11.4.5, 31.28.9; of a plaster, Philum. Ven. 7.9.

II make changes, innovate, new-fangled, strange, innovations

make changes, innovate, πολλὰ κ. [ἡ τύχη] Plb. 1.4.5, etc.: abs., Luc. Prom.Es 3, etc.:—Pass., τί καινοποιηθὲν λέγεις; what new-fangled, strange words are these? S. -Tr. 873, cf. Plb. 9.2.4; τὰ καινοποιηθέντα innovations, OGI 669.44 (Egypt, i A. D.), cf. POxy. 237 viii 42 (ii A. D.).

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