The corpus record

ἀκονάω

akonao

sharpen, spur, goad on, provoke

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Where it lives

Against Aristogeiton 1 1 · 1.49/10k
Psalmi 5 · 1.46/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ἀκονάω · akonaō — LSJ

sharpen

sharpen, μαχαίρας Ar. Fr. 684; λόγχην X. Cyr. 6.2.33:—Med., ἀκονᾶσθαι μαχαίρας Id. HG 7.5.20:—Pass., Arist. Pr. 886b10, Phld. Sign. 34.

2 spur, goad on, provoke

metaph., spur, goad on, D. 25.46; provoke, γλῶσσαν ἠκονημένος Trag.Adesp. 423, cf. X. Oec. 21.3, Ph. 1.469, al., Chor. in Jahrb. 9.184; θυμὸν ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι τινὸς ἀ. Demad. 17:—Pass., Ph. 2.178, al.

In the wild

ἀκονᾷς · akonais Demosthenes, Against Aristogeiton 1 46 (DIORISIS sentence 151)
ἠκονημένον · ēkonēmenon Septuaginta, Proverbia 5 (DIORISIS sentence 60)
ἠκονημένα · ēkonēmena Septuaginta, Psalmi 119
ἠκόνησαν · ēkonēsan Septuaginta, Psalmi 139
ἠκονημένα · ēkonēmena Septuaginta, Psalmi 44
ἠκονημένον · ēkonēmenon Septuaginta, Psalmi 51

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Where it came from

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