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σωμα^τοποι-έω ,
A.give bodily existence to, “ἐνέργειαν” Herm. ap. Stob.1.41.6.
2. represent in art, “τὸν Ἔρωτα” Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.87.
3. personify, Men.Rh.p 333 S., Sch.Ar.Ach.976,989.
4. Pass., become more solid or bulky, Dsc.5.75, Sor.1.17.
II. organize as a body, “τὸ ἔθνος” Plb.2.45.6, cf. D.S.11.86, D.L.2.138; make into a whole, “ς. τὰ κεχωρισμένα” Artem.4 Prooem.; ς. τὴν διαίρεσιν, τὴν φράσιν, Sch.Hermog.in Rh.7.60,791 W.:—Pass., Longin.40.1.
III. provide with bodily strength, recruit, “τοὺς ἵππους” Plb.3.87.3; “τὸν Φίλιππον” Id.16.1.9; subsidize, “τινὰ τῶν πολιτικῶν χορηγίων σωματοποιῶν παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ” SIG762.40 (Dionysopolis, i B.C.); provide with refreshment, Phld.Acad.Ind. p.66 M.: metaph., revive, refresh, τὰς ψυχάς, πᾶσαν ἐλπίδα, Plb.3.90.4, 33.17.3, cf. Frr.229-31; “τὰς ὁρμάς” D.S.18.10; “τοὺς πυρετούς” Antyll. ap.Orib.4.11.1.
2. exalt, magnify, “πράξεις” Plb.Fr.47:—Pass., “ὑπὸ γυναικῶν -ουμένους” Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).154.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 11.86
    • Polybius, Histories, 16.1.9
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.45.6
    • Polybius, Histories, 33.17.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.87.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.90.4
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 976
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 989
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 18.10
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