The corpus record

ἄλεκτρος

alektros

unwedded, that is no marriage

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Where it lives

Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k

What it meant

ἄλεκτρος · alektros — LSJ

unwedded, that is no marriage

unwedded, S. Ant. 917, Heraclit. All. 44; ἄλεκτρʼ, ἄνυμφα γάμων ἁμιλλήματα marriage that is no marriage, i.e. unhallowed marriage, S. El. 492; ἄ. ζόα E. Tr. 254 (lyr.); ἄλεκτρα γηράσκουσαν, as Adv., S. El. 962.

In the wild

ἄλεκτρον · alektron Euripides, Trojan Women 253 (DIORISIS sentence 128)
ἄλεκτρον · alektron Sophocles, Antigone 916–920
ἄλεκτρʼ · alektrʼ Sophocles, Electra 492–494
ἄλεκτρα · alektra Sophocles, Electra 959–962

Where it came from

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