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διασκευ-άζω ,
A.get ready, set in order, τι Plb.15.27.9:—Pass., PTeb. 24.32 (ii B. C.).
II. equip, “τινὰ βασιλικῶς” Luc.Nec.16:—Pass., εἰς Σατύρους διεσκευασμένοι dressed as . ., Plu.Ant.24; ὅπλοις Aen. Tact.26.1:—Med., prepare for oneself, provide, “τἆλλα ὡς ἐς πλοῦν” Th.4.38; arm, equip or prepare oneself, “ὡς εἰς μάχην” X.HG4.2.19; “διεσκευάσθαι πρὸς τὸν δῆμον” Din.1.70; διασκευάσασθαι πρὸς τοὺς δικαστάς prepare all one's tricks for a trial, X.Ath.3.7.
III. Med., διασκευασάμενος τὴν οὐσίαν having disposed of one's property, D.29.3.
IV. revise or edit a work for publication, Aristeas 311, D.S. 1.5.
2. compile, “ἐκ πολλῶν [βιβλίων” Gal.15.10.
3. elaborate with rhetorical devices, “αἰτία μὲν κατασκευάζει, τρόπος δὲ δ.” Hermog. Inv.2.7.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus, 3
    • Pseudo Xenophon, Constitution of the Athenians, 3.7
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 4.2.19
    • Polybius, Histories, 15.27.9
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.38
    • Plutarch, Antonius, 24
    • Plutarch, Antonius, 26.1
    • Lucian, Necyomantia, 16
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 1.5
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