A.cause to remain over and above, keep safe, preserve, Hdt. 3.36, al., Th.2.25, al., Lys.13.63, etc.; ἐκ κακῶν καὶ πολέμου ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς π. Id.6.47.
2. of money, food, etc., save up, lay by, X.Oec.11.10 ; ἀπ᾽ ὀλίγων ib.2.10 ; τῶν προσόδων part of the revenues, Is.6.38, cf. POxy.2148.17 (i A. D.).
3. obtain a net product or residue, Thphr.Lap.58.
4. generally, procure, secure, achieve, lay up, “αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει” Isoc.15.301 ; “π. τῇ πόλει τὰ εἰς τιμὴν ἀνήκοντα” Milet.3 No.146.84 (iii B. C.); “πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τῶν συμφερόντων τῇ πατρίδι” IGRom.4.1757 (Sardes, i B. C.); “δυναστείας ἑαυτοῖς” Aeschin.3.3 (Med.), cf. D.15.11; τὰ πράγματα ἐς ἑαυτοὺς π. get things into their own hands, Th.8.48, cf. Is.7.6.
II. Med., keep or save for oneself, [τὸ παιδίον] Hdt.1.110 (sed leg. -ποιήσῃς）“ τὸ ζῆν” Arist.Pol.1315a26; “ἐλπίδας ἑαυτῷ” D.19.240; compass, acquire, gain possession of, δύναμιν, ἰσχύν, Th.1.9,15 ; ἑαυτῷ ὄνομα καὶ δύναμιν π. X.An.5.6.17, cf. LXX 1 Ma.6.44; “παρὰ τοῦ πλήθους δόξαν” D.12.19; “αὑτοῖς δυναστείαν” Arist. Pol.1306a24; “πρόβατα” PMich.Zen.87.7(iii B. C.); [“ἐκκλησίαν] διὰ τοῦ αἵματος” Act.Ap.20.28; saue, “τοσαῦτα ὥστε καὶ πλουτεῖν” X.Mem.2.7.3; “χρυσίον” LXX 1 Ch.29.3 ; make gain, “ἀπό τινος” X.Mem.4.2.38 :— Pass., “χρήματα περιποιηθησόμενα” Cod.Just.1.4.26 Intr.
