[sc. Means] we perform something holy, of course.[1] Also [sc. attested is the related participle] ἀφοσιούμενος ["fulfilling"], [meaning he] completing, performing the rite. "But fulfilling the oath of the eparchos he contrived as follows."[2]
Also [sc. attested is the plural] ἀφοσιούμενοι , meaning honoring.[3]
Or performing something holy and pure and due. Because of this we say the rite for those who have passed away; that is, we owe nothing left to them, we are not responsible. Thus it is the custom for us to say, and ἀφοσιώσασθαι ["to fulfill"] and so many things of this kind, that is, "I am not responsible".[4]
Also[5] [sc. attested is] ἀφοσιῶ , meaning I cleanse, I purify; Aeschines [sc. uses the word].[6] Not to do something completely, but, for example, to lead on or pretend; Isaeus says [this].[7]
Also [sc. attested is] ἀφοσιώσας ["having fulfilled"], [meaning he] having cleansed, or having entertained; or performing the rite, that is, a funeral, or the remembrance at death.
Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] ἀφοσιῶσαι ["to fulfill"], [meaning] to cleanse.
Also [sc. attested is the future] ἀφοσιώσεται ["will be fulfilled"], [meaning] first-fruits will be offered.
Also [sc. attested is the infinitive] ἀφοσιοῦσθαι , [meaning] to sanctify rites, and not to overdo it or be [over-]ambitious. But hosia ["holy things"] is the name for groats drenched with oil and wine; and proper and just.
Also [sc. attested is the noun] ἀφοσίωσις ["fulfilment"], [meaning] an offering.
Also [sc. attested is the participle] ἀφοσιωσάμενοι ["having fulfilled"], [meaning they] having set right.
Also [sc. attested is] ἀφοσιώμενοι ["fulfilling"], [meaning they] honoring, or offering first-fruits.
"As he perceived clearly that Isidore was brushing him off and only going through the motions, he went away and left and no longer approached [him]."[8]