υἱοθεσία

A. adoption as a son, Nic. Dam. 130.18 J.; in a religious sense, πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας Ep.Rom. 8.15, cf. 23, Ep.Gal. 4.5; freq. in Inscrr., in the phrase καθ’ υἱοθεσίαν, GDI 2581.218 (Delph., ii B. C.), SIG 581.102 (Crete, ii B. C., ὑο‐): pl., νεανίσκων υἱοθεσίας ποιεῖσθαι D.L. 4.53.