athetize

athetize
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌtīz\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Greek athetein (from athetos set aside, not fixed, from a- a- (II) + thetos placed, from tithenai to place) + English -ize — more at do
: to reject or mark (a passage) as spurious

the athetized lines of the Iliad


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  • Athetize — Ath e*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Athetized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Athetizing}.] [Gr. ?, fr. ? set aside, not fixed; ? not + ? to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • athetize — verb To reject a passage of text as spurious …   Wiktionary

  • athetize — ath·e·tize …   English syllables

  • athetize —   v.t. condemn as spurious …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • Athetized — Athetize Ath e*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Athetized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Athetizing}.] [Gr. ?, fr. ? set aside, not fixed; ? not + ? to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Athetizing — Athetize Ath e*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Athetized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Athetizing}.] [Gr. ?, fr. ? set aside, not fixed; ? not + ? to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Homeric scholarship — is the study of Homeric epic, especially the two large surviving epics, the Iliad and Odyssey. It is currently part of the academic discipline of classical studies, but the subject is one of the very oldest topics in all scholarship or science,… …   Wikipedia

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