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εἰδωλοποιί̈α

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰδωλοποιί̈α

Structure: εἰδωλοποιϊ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from ei)dwlopoio/s

Sense

  1. formation of images

Examples

  • τὰσ δὲ τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐν ᾅδου τιμωρίασ καὶ τοὺσ τῶν εὐσεβῶν λειμῶνασ καὶ τὰσ παρὰ τοῖσ πολλοῖσ εἰδωλοποιίασ ἀναπεπλασμένασ παρεισαγαγεῖν μιμησάμενον τὰ γινόμενα περὶ τὰσ ταφὰσ τὰσ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 96 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. formation of images

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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