The corpus record

ἀδημονέω

ademoneo

to be sorely troubled

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Where it lives

Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be sorely troubled, dismayed, be in anguish, to be puzzled

to be sorely troubled or dismayed, be in anguish, Hp. Virg. 1; ἀδημονῶν τε καὶ ἀπορῶν Pl. Tht. 175d, cf. D. 19.197; ἀδημονῆσαι τὰς ψυχάς X. HG 4.4.3: c. dat. rei, ἀδημονεῖ τᾗ ἀτοπίᾳ τοῦ πάθους Pl. Phdr. 251d; ὑπό τινος to be puzzled by . ., Epicur. Nat. 11.8; ἐπί τινι D.H. 3.70; χάριν τινός POxy. 298.45 (i A.D.). (Eust., 833.15, derives it from ἀδήμων, which is found only as v.l. in Hp. Epid. 1.18 (cf. Gal. 17 (1).177), and is itself of doubtful derivation.) [ᾰδ- Nic. Fr. 16.]

In the wild

ἀδημονεῖν · adēmonein New Testament, Mark 14.33 (DIORISIS sentence 664)
ἀδημονεῖν · adēmonein New Testament, Matthew 26.37 (DIORISIS sentence 1133)
ἀδημονῶν · adēmonōn New Testament, Philippians 2.25 (DIORISIS sentence 32)
ἀδημονεῖ · adēmonei Plato, Phaedrus 251 (DIORISIS sentence 453)
ἀδημονῶν · adēmonōn Plato, Theaetetus 175
ἀδημονῆσαι · adēmonēsai Xenophon, Hellenica 4.4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1499)

Where it came from

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