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ἄκων

akon

javelin, dart

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Where it lives

Hippias Minor 12 · 27.55/10k
Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
Accusation of Calumny 1 · 9.67/10k
Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
Against Philon 1 · 5.5/10k
Ion 5 · 5.47/10k
Funeral Oration 2 · 4.92/10k
Against Boeotus 1 1 · 3.67/10k
Against Timocrates 5 · 3.43/10k
Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 3 · 3.24/10k

Densest 12 of 66 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ἄκων · akōn — Beekes

ἄκων, -οντος [m.] ‘javelin, dart’ (11... τεῦ *h,ek- ‘sharp, point’> *DER Diminutive ἀκόντιον (h. Merc. 460, Hdt., Pl.), ἀκοντίας [m.] ‘kind of snake’, also ‘meteor’, because of its speed (Nic.), ἀκοντίλος [m.] = ἀκοντίας ‘id.’ (H.). Verb axovtitw [v.] ‘to throw a javelin’ (11.), verbal nouns 1. ἀκοντιστύς ‘game of the dart’ (Il.); 2. ἀκόντισις ‘throwing the javelin’ (X.); 3. ἀκοντισμός ‘id., shooting (of stars)’ … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄκων, p. 106]

2. ἄκων · akōn — Frisk

ἄκων, -ovros (für älteres *-ovos) m. “Wurfspieß, Wurflanze’ (poet. seit Il., späte Prosa, vgl. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 52ff.). Auf ἄκων fußen mehrere Nomina: Demin. ἀκόντιον (h. Merc. 460, Hdt., Pl. usw.), @xovrias m. ‘Schlangenart’, Meteor’ (wegen der Schnelle; Nik., Plin. u.a.), dxovrilos m. = ἀκοντίας (H., EM). Ferner das Verb ἀκοντίξζω “einen Wurfspieß schleudern’ (seit Il., vgl. Trümpy 108f.) mit mehreren … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄκων, p. 92]

In the wild

ἄκοντας · akontas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 180–181
ἄκοντά · akonta Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 18–22
ἄκων · akōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 669–670
ἄκοντι · akonti Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1039–1040
ἄκοντʼ · akontʼ Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 699)
ἄκουςʼ · akousʼ Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 442)

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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. ἄκων (scan p. 106; entry #328).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄκων (scan p. 66; entry #330).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄκων (scan p. 92; entry #314).

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