Quick Definition
ἀρτύω v. I season, flavor
Strong's Definition
from a presumed derivative of 142; to prepare, i.e. spice (with stimulating condiments)
KJV Usage: season
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρτύω: fut. ἀρτύσω; Pass., pf. ἤρτυμαι.. 1 fut. ἀρτυθήσομαι; (APQ to fit); to prepare, arrange ; often soin Hom. In the comic writers and epigrammatists used of preparing food, to season, make savory, ([τὰ ὄψα, Aristot. eth. Nic. 8, 13 p. 1118", 29]; ἠρτυμένος οἶνο;, Theophr. de odor. § 51 [frag. 4, ο. 11]); so Mk. ix. 50; Lk. xiv. 34; metaph. ὁ λόγος ἅλατι nprupevos, full of wisdom and grace and hence pleasant and wholesome, Col. iv. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρτύω artyō 3x
pr. to fit, prepare; to season, make savoury, Mk. 9:50; Lk. 14:34; Col. 4:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀρτύω,
[in Sm.: Ca 8:2*;]
to arrange, make ready (Hom.).
Of food (as in comic writers), to season (MM, s.v.): Mk 9:50, Lk 14:34, Col 4:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀρτύω. For ἀρτύω = ‘‘season,” and not ‘‘restore” in Mk οὔθ, Lk 14*, as in Col 45, Wackernagel (72ZZ 1908, col 36 πἴ) cites Athen. III. 113. 13 ἄρτος ἁπαλός, aptudpevos γάλακτι ὀλίγῳ kal ἐλαίῳ kal ἁλσὶν dpKerois. Dioscor. Il. 76 ἀρτυτοῖς (ἀρτυτικοῖς ἢ) ἁλσί, salibus condimento inservientibus. P Tebt Il. 375%? (A.D. 140) ζύμης ἠρτυμένης. ᾿Αρτύματα ““spices”” are mentioned in an account P Amh II. 126% (early ii/a.D.): cf. P Giss I. 47! (ii/a.p.) τὰ δύο μάτια (=% artaba) τῶν ἀρτυμάτων (δραχμῶν) 7. A subst. ἀρτυματατᾶς occurs BGU IV. 1087%i-® (iii/a.p.): cf. 2. I. οἷν. δ: cf. also ἀρτυματοπώλης on a tombstone, Preisighe 699 (i/A.D.), and ἀρτυτήρ in Arche! 1001 ΐῖν- 87. ν. ὁ (Epicteta’s Will, Thera, c. B.c. 200). Ina lexicon to //éad xviii., P Ryl I. 251° (ii/a.D.) ἤρτυε is glossed [kateokeva]fe: for supplement see Hunt’s note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀρτύω (artuō) — to season. ἀρτύω [Refs 8th c.BC+], imperfect ἤρτῠον[Refs 8th c.BC+], the only tenses in [Refs 8th c.BC+]future ἀρτύσω [ῡ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἤρτῡσα[Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἤρτῡκα (κατ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἤρτῡμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἠρτύθην [ῡ] [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —like ἀρτύνω, arrange, prepare, make ready, of things requiring skill or cunning, e.g. of a smith, τὰ δ᾽ ἤρτυε[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. in culinary sense, dress savoury meat, season, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, κίχλαι.. εἰς ἀνάβραστ᾽ ἠρτυμέναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. administer property, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. bequeath, [Refs]
