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ἀείδω

aeido

sing, crow, hoot

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Where it lives

  • Esdras II 24 · 20.22/10k
  • Theogony 5 · 7.26/10k
  • Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
  • Psalmi 21 · 6.14/10k
  • De Respiratione 3 · 4.94/10k
  • Ecclesiastes 2 · 4.42/10k
  • Odyssey 38 · 4.37/10k
  • De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
  • Paralipomenon I 5 · 3.76/10k
  • Phaedo 7 · 3.21/10k
  • Ars Poetica 3 · 2.97/10k
  • Lysis 2 · 2.88/10k

Densest 12 of 58 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

sing, crow, hoot, croak, twang, whistle, ring, to crow, sing to, vie with, in singing, sing

sing, Il. 1.604, etc.: hence of all kinds of vocal sounds, crow as cocks, Pl. Smp. 223c; hoot as owls, Arat. 1000; croak as frogs, Arist. Mir. 835b3, Thphr. Sign. 3.5, etc.; οἱ τέττιγες χαμόθεν ᾄσονται Stes. ap. Arist. Rh. 1412a23:—of other sounds, twang, of the bow-string, Od. 21.411; whistle, of the wind through a tree, Mosch. Fr. 1.8; ring, of a stone when struck, Theoc. 7.26:—prov., πρὶν νενικηκέναι ᾄδειν ‘to crow too soon’, Pl. Tht. 164c.—Constr.:—ἀ. τινί sing to one, Od. 22.346; also, vie

II

trans.,

1 sing of, chant, sing, to sing, to be sung, runs

c. acc. rei, sing of, chant, μῆνιν ἄειδε Il. 1.1; παιήονα 1.473; κλέα ἀνδρῶν, νόστον, 9.189, Od. 1.326; τὸν Βοιώτιον νόμον S. Fr. 966: c. gen. (sc. μέλος), sing an air of . ., Φρυνίχου Ar. V. 269, cf. 1225: abs., ἀ. ἀμφί τινος to sing in oneʼs praise, Od. 8.266; ἀμφί τινα Terp. 2, cf. E. Tr. 513; εἴς τινα Ar. Lys. 1243: later, simply = καλεῖν, Ael. NA 3.28:—Pass., of songs, to be sung, Hdt. 4.35; τὰ λεχθέντα καὶ ᾀσθέντα Pl. Ly. 205e; ᾆσμα καλῶς ᾀσθέν, opp. λόγος καλῶς ῥηθείς, X. Cyr. 3.3.55; ᾄδε

2 sing, praise, celebrate, is celebrated

of persons, places, etc., sing, praise, celebrate, B. 6.6, etc.:—Pass., ἀείδεται θρέψαισʼ ἥρωας is celebrated as the nurse of heroes, Pi. P. 8.25, cf. 5.24.

3 to be filled with song

Pass., to be filled with song, ἀείσετο πᾶν τέμενος . . θαλίαις Pi. O. 10(11).76.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀείδω (scan p. 70; entry #157).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀείδω (scan p. 36; entry #134).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀείδω (scan p. 2144; entry #6292).

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