αἴρω

Where it lives

• De Respiratione 18 · 29.63/10k
• On the Art of Horsemanship 14 · 20.15/10k
• Letter 1 1 · 17.12/10k
• Regnorum I 27 · 14.59/10k
• Mark 15 · 13.63/10k
• Josue (cod. Vat.) 14 · 10.52/10k
• John 15 · 9.82/10k
• Electra 7 · 9.26/10k
• Paralipomenon I 12 · 9.03/10k
• Peace 7 · 8.79/10k
• Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
• Lamentationes 2 · 8.59/10k

Densest 12 of 120 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

In the wild

• ἦραν · ēran Aeschylus, Agamemnon 40–54
• αἴρεσθαι · airesthai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 592
• ἦραν · ēran Aeschylus, Eumenides 845–847
• ἦραν · ēran Aeschylus, Eumenides 877–880
• αἴρειν · airein Aeschylus, Eumenides 708–709
• ἄρας · aras Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 789–793

6 of 606 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

• Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἴρω (scan pp. 89-90; entry #239).
• Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἴρω (scan p. 52; entry #244).
• Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἴρω (scan p. 74; entry #228).

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