Ἀφοσιούμεθα
we make atonement, we fulfill (an obligation), we do (something) for form's sake
Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Apr 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] we perform something holy, of course.1 Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)fosiou/menos ["fulfilling"], [meaning he] completing, performing the rite. "But fulfilling the oath of the eparchos he contrived as follows."2
Also [sc. attested is the plural]a)fosiou/menoi , meaning honoring.3
Or performing something holy and pure and due. Because of this we say the rite for those who have passed away; that is, we owe nothing more to them, we are free from liability. Thus it is the custom for us to say botha)fosiw/sasqai ["that we have fulfilled"] and so many things of this kind, that is, "I am free from liability".4
Also5 [sc. attested is]a)fosiw= , meaning I cleanse, I purify; Aeschines [sc. uses the word].6
Not to do something completely, but, for example, to lead on or pretend; Isaeus says [this].7
Also [sc. attested is]a)fosiw/sas ["having fulfilled"], [meaning he] having cleansed, or having entertained; or performing the rite, that is, a funeral, or the remembrance at death.8
Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive]a)fosiw=sai ["to fulfill"], [meaning] to cleanse.
Also [sc. attested is the future]a)fosiw/setai ["will fulfill"], [meaning] will offer first-fruits.
Also [sc. attested is the infinitive]a)fosiou=sqai , [meaning] to sanctify rites, and not to overdo it or be [over-]ambitious. But hosia ["holy things"] is the name for groats drenched with oil and wine; and [things which are] proper and just.
Also [sc. attested is the noun]a)fosi/wsis ["fulfilment"], [meaning] an offering.
Also [sc. attested is the participle]a)fosiwsa/menoi ["having fulfilled"], [meaning they] having set right.
Also [sc. attested is]a)fosiw/menoi ["fulfilling"], [meaning they] honoring, or offering first-fruits.
"As he perceived clearly that Isidore was brushing him off and only going through the motions, he went away and left and no longer approached [him]."9
Also [sc. attested is the plural]
Or performing something holy and pure and due. Because of this we say the rite for those who have passed away; that is, we owe nothing more to them, we are free from liability. Thus it is the custom for us to say both
Also5 [sc. attested is]
Not to do something completely, but, for example, to lead on or pretend; Isaeus says [this].7
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Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive]
Also [sc. attested is the future]
Also [sc. attested is the infinitive]
Also [sc. attested is the noun]
Also [sc. attested is the participle]
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"As he perceived clearly that Isidore was brushing him off and only going through the motions, he went away and left and no longer approached [him]."9