Ἐκθύσασθαι

to atone for, to expiate by offerings

Translated by Antonella Ippolito15 Nov 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] to propitiate and to appease.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκθύσασθαι· τὸ ἐξιλεώσασθαι καὶ ἐκμειλίξασθαι.

Betacode

*)ekqu/sasqai: to\ e)cilew/sasqai kai\ e)kmeili/casqai.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is aorist middle infinitive of the verb e)kqu/w, quoted (as Adler notes) from Herodotus 6.91.1.
cf. generally Hesychius epsilon1402 (where the infinitive is present e)kqu/esqai).