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Headword: Sômatopoiein
Adler number: sigma,839
Translated headword: to support physically, to build up, to strengthen
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] to exercize the body.[1] "[Zeuxis] did not genuinely want to strengthen Philip".[2] And elsewhere: "[Hannibal] exercized the horses, and restored the physical and mental state of the men".[3]

Greek Original:

Sômatopoiein: sômaskein. ouk ebouleto alêthinôs sômatopoiein ton Philippon. kai authis: esômatopoiêse de tous hippous, anektêsato de ta sômata kai tas psuchas tôn anthrôpôn.

Notes:

A compound verb from sw=ma and poie/w. See also sigma 840, sigma 841, sigma 842; also epsilon 3174.
[1] This glossing verb has already appeared as the lemma at sigma 837.
[2] Polybius 16.1.9 (web address 1); more fully at sigma 840.
[3] Polybius 3.87.3 (web address 2).

Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: athletics; biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 4 November 2001@06:30:43.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (added links and keyword, set status) on 27 December 2004@11:06:23.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 31 December 2004@07:41:17.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 19 January 2008@00:46:16.
Catharine Roth (augmented note, added keyword) on 20 January 2008@01:56:59.
Catharine Roth (corrected my note) on 21 January 2008@01:35:20.
David Whitehead (another note; another keyword) on 19 August 2011@04:49:34.
David Whitehead on 31 December 2013@04:10:14.
Catharine Roth (tweaked links) on 21 March 2022@17:49:01.

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