1. αἱμύλος · haimylos — Beekes
The corpus record
αἱμύλος
aimulos
flattering
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Where it lives
- Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
What it meant
2. αἱμύλος · haimylos — Chantraine
3. αἱμύλος · haimylos — Frisk
4. αἱμύλος · haimylos — LSJ
wheedling, wily, mostly of words, αἱμύλα κωτίλλουσα Hes. Op. 374; μῦθος Pi. N. 8.33, cf. Ar. Eq. 687; also αἱ. μηχαναί A. Pr. 208; μὴ κλωπὸς αἴνει φωτὸς αἱμύλον δόρυ E. Rh. 709; of persons, τὸν αἱμυλώτατον S. Aj. 389 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Phdr. 237b, Lyc. 1124; of foxes, Ar. Lys. 1268 (lyr.).
In the wild
- αἱμύλας · haimylas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 208–210
- αἱμύλου · haimylou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 385)
- αἱμύλου · haimylou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6552)
- αἱμύλον · haimylon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8414)
- αἱμύλον · haimylon Euripides, Rhesus 1 (DIORISIS sentence 459)
- αἱμυλώτατον · haimylōtaton Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 284)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἱμύλος (scan p. 86; entry #226).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἱμύλος (scan p. 49; entry #221).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἱμύλος (scan p. 70; entry #210).
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