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ἀκέομαι

akeomai

heal, cure

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Where it lives

Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Enneads 5 · 0.24/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀκέομαι · akeomai — LSJ

I heal, cure

trans., heal, cure, c. acc. of thing healed, ἕλκος ἄκεσσαι Il. 16.523; ἕλκεʼ ἀκειόμενοι 16.29; ψώρην ἀκέσασθαι Hdt. 4.90; of part healed, τὰ ἔσω ἀσκοῖσιν Hp. Mochl. 25; ἄχος S. Tr. 1035; βλέφαρον ἀκέσαιο τυφλόν E. Hec. 1067; τὸν Λητώ τε καὶ Ἄρτεμις . . ἀκέοντο Il. 5.448, cf. 402: c. gen. morbi, νούσου . . μʼ ἀκέσω βαρυαλγέος Epigr.Gr. 803 (Delos), cf. Paus. 8.18.8.

2 stanch, quench

stanch, quench, πίον τʼ ἀκέοντό τε δίψαν Il. 22.2, cf. Pi. P. 9.104.

3 mend, repair, mending

generally, mend, repair, νῆας ἀκειόμενος Od. 14.383; freq. of tailors or cobblers, Luc. Fug. 33, Nec. 17; of a spider mending its web, Arist. HA 623a18.

4 make amends for, repair

metaph., make amends for, repair, ἁμαρτάδα Hdt. 1.167; τὰ ἐπιφερόμενα Id. 3.16, cf. E. Med. 199; μήνιμα Antipho 4.3.7; ἀδίκημα Pl. R. 364c; ἀπορίας X. Mem. 2.7.1.

II apply a remedy, make amends

intr. or abs., apply a remedy, make amends, ἀλλʼ ἀκεώμεθα θᾶσσον· ἀκεσταί τοι φρένες ἐσθλῶν Il. 13.115; ἀλλʼ ἀκέσασθε, φίλοι Od. 10.69, cf. S. Ant. 1027, Hdt. 3.40, Pl. Phlb. 30b.

III

Act., Hp. Loc.Hom. 10; ἀκέεται in pass. sense, Aret. CA 1.1; ἀκεομένου τοῦ κακοῦ Id. SD 1.6: aor. ἀκεσθῆναι Paus. 2.27.3.

In the wild

ἠκέσατο · ēkesato Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2553)
ἀκέσαιʼ · akesaiʼ Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 600)
ἀκέσαιο · akesaio Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 600)
τἀκεῖ · takei Euripides, Ion *)iwn (DIORISIS sentence 436)
τἀκεῖ · takei Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 369)
τἀκεῖ · takei Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 256)

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Where it came from

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