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τελίσκω

telisko

makes, to be initiated, to be dedicated

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What it meant

τελίσκω · teliskō — LSJ

makes, to be initiated, to be dedicated, offered, an initiate, a ἱερόδουλος, are done

= τελέω, τὸν ὅρκον GDI 5075.23 (Crete, i B.C.); = Lat. perago, Dosith.p.434 K.; ἄγονον σπόρον . . τελίσκει makes the seed barren, Nic. Al. 583 codd. plerique (but τελέσκων is prob. cj. for τελέσχων in Id. Fr. 74.10):—Pass., to be initiated, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.169 (Cyrene); to be dedicated or offered, εἰς τὰ . . ἱερὰ μετὰ θυσιῶν OGI 90.32 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); τελισκόμενος an initiate, a ἱερόδουλος, LXX De. 23.17(18), Hsch., Phot. (τελεσκόμενος Suid.); ταῦτα δὲ πάντα τελίσκεται καὶ γίνεται μεθʼ ἡδονῆ

Where it came from

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