The corpus record

θρησκ-εύω

threskeuo

perform religious observances

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Where it lives

Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

perform religious observances

perform religious observances, Hdt. 2.64, Sammelb. 991 (iii A.D.).

II worship

c. acc., worship, θεούς D.H. 2.23, IG 5(2).268.42 (Mantinea), Porph. Abst. 4.9, Hdn. 1.11.1:—Pass., Dinon 17, LXX Wi. 14.16, Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11: impers., εἴ τι ἄλλο -εύεσθαι νόμιμον ἦν D.H. 1.76.

III to be a devotee

to be a devotee, Plu. Alex. 2.

In the wild

θρησκευομένας · thrēskeuomenas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 5450)
θρησκεύουσι · thrēskeuousi Herodotus, Histories 2.65.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1993)
ἐθρήσκευον · ethrēskeuon Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 11
ἐθρησκεύετο · ethrēskeueto Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 14

Where it came from

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