αἰφνίδιος · aiphnidios — LSJ
unforeseen, sudden
unforeseen, sudden, A. Pr. 680, Th. 2.61, Arist. EN 1117a18; ἀφικνοῦνται αἰφνίδιοι τοῖς Χίοις Th. 8.14. Adv. -ίως Id. 2.53; also -ιον Plu. Num. 15.
The corpus record
αἰφνίδιος
aiphnidios
unforeseen, sudden
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Where it lives
- Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
- History 7 · 0.47/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- αἰφνιδίως · aiphnidiōs Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 14
- αἰφνιδίως · aiphnidiōs Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 5
- αἰφνιδίως · aiphnidiōs Thucydides, History 2.53.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1318)
- αἰφνιδίως · aiphnidiōs Thucydides, History 4.96.5 (DIORISIS sentence 3133)
- αἰφνιδίως · aiphnidiōs Thucydides, History 5.8.4 (DIORISIS sentence 3440)
- αἰφνιδίως · aiphnidiōs Thucydides, History 5.9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3448)
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Where it came from
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