The corpus record

ἀλεξίκακος

alexikakos

keeping off ill

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Cratylus 2 · 1.12/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἀλεξί-κᾰκος · alexi-kakos — LSJ

keeping off ill, mischief, save the mark!

keeping off ill or mischief, μῆτις Il. 10.20, cf. Hes. Op. 123 (as v.l.), Ar. V. 1043, Paus. 8.41.8; ῥάμνος Euph. 137; τὸ ἀ. τῆς ἐπιστήμης Hierocl. in CA 12p.447M.: c. gen., δίψης ἀ. AP 6.170 (Thyill.): epith. of Heracles, Luc. Alex. 4, etc.; of Hermes, Ar. Pax 422; ὦλεξίκακε save the mark! Ar. Nu. 1372; of Zeus, Tab.Defix. Aud. 26.2 (Crete, iv/iii B. C.), Plu. Comm.not. 2.1076b.

In the wild

ἀλεξικάκῳ · alexikakōi Aristophanes, Peace 1 (DIORISIS sentence 321)
ἀλεξίκακον · alexikakon Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 775)
ἀλεξίκακοι · alexikakoi Works and Days 121–125
ἀλεξίκακος · alexikakos Iliad 10.20
ἀλεξίκακοι · alexikakoi Plato, Cratylus 398 (DIORISIS sentence 394)
ἀλεξίκακοι · alexikakoi Plato, Cratylus 398 (DIORISIS sentence 393)

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Where it came from

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