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ἐξανδραποδίζω

ἐξανδραποδίζω, to reduce to utter slavery

ἐξανδρᾰποδ-ίζω,
  • reduce to utter slavery, Ἀθήνας Hdt. 6.94, cf. X. HG 2.1.15:—mostly in Med. ἐξανδρᾰποδ-ίζομαι, τοὺς Τεγεήτας Hdt. 1.66, cf. And. 4.22, X. HG 2.2.16, etc.; τῶν τεθνεώτων ἐ. τοὺς βίους confiscate the substance of the deceased, Plb. 32.5.11.—The Att. fut. ἐξανδραποδιοῦμαι, Ion. -ιεῦμαι, which is mostly trans. (as in Hdt. 1.66), takes a pass. sense in Id. 6.9: so aor. 1 ἐξηνδραποδίσθην ib. 108, D. 50.4: pf. part. ἐξηνδραποδισμένος Plu. Ant. 3, Luc. Cal. 19.

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