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Εἰσποιητόν · adopted (ει 312) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ει312

ει308they have burst in
ει309having satisfied
ει310introduction
ει311tax-collection
ει312adopted
ει313to card wool into a fire
ει314to write on ashes
ει315to draw water into a perforated jar
ει316they had stood

Suda/ΕΙ epsiloniota/ει312

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Εἰσποιητόν

adopted

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Jun 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 38 words

Translation

[Meaning] assumed, not natural.¹
Also [sc. attested is the related verb] ei)sepoiei=to ["he was adopting"], meaning he was placing under.²
Also [sc. attested is the active voice] ei)spoiw= ["I put in"], [meaning] I embellish; [used] with a dative.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἰσποιητόν· θετόν, οὐ γνήσιον. καὶ Εἰσεποιεῖτο, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπετίθει. καὶ Εἰσποιῶ, τὸ καλλωπίζω· δοτικῇ.

Betacode

*ei)spoihto/n: qeto/n, ou) gnh/sion. kai\ *ei)sepoiei=to, a)nti\ tou= u(peti/qei. kai\ *ei)spoiw=, to\ kallwpi/zw: dotikh=|.

Notes (2)

[1] Same or similar entry in other lexica, and cf. theta 295. The headword is either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular. Extant instances begin with [Demosthenes] 44.19 (masculine).
2cf. already epsiloniota 253. ↩
3cf. kappa 257.

Linked from2 entries

ει252Εἰσεποιήθηwas adopted[Meaning he/she/it] was enrolled. "It was a year since the day on which Trajan was adopted by his father Nerva into the succession of the Roman sovereignty."
ει253Εἰσεποιεῖτοwas adopting, was introducingMeaning [he/she/it] was placing under. "The ford was surrounded by a defensive wall and [sc. accordingly] was introducing great hopes in those who were being attacked".

Neighbouring entries

ει310Εἰσπομπήintroduction ει311Εἴσπραξιςtax-collection ει312Εἰσποιητόνadopted ει313Εἰς πῦρ ξαίνεινto card wool into a fire ει314Εἰς τέφραν γράφεινto write on ashes

Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Jul 2016

4 Jul 2016another keyword — Catharine Roth
22 Apr 2016expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
28 Nov 2012another note and keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
24 Jun 2005augmented (existing) notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Jun 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εἰσποιητόν (Adler number epsiloniota 312), trans. Catharine Roth, 23 Jun 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsiloniota/312

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗