1. ἀμβλίσκω · ambliskō — Beekes
The corpus record
ἀμβλίσκω
amblisko
to cause to miscarry
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Where it lives
- Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
What it meant
2. ἀμβλίσκω · ambliskō — Chantraine
3. ἀμβλίσκω · ambliskō — Frisk
4. ἀμβλίσκω · ambliskō — LSJ
cause to miscarry, S. Fr. 132, Pl. Tht. 149d.
of the woman, bring on miscarriage, Muson. Fr. 15A p.77H., Plu. Lyc. 3, Ael. VH 13.6.
intr., miscarry, Procop. Pers. 2.22.
ἀμβλόω, usu. in Pass. ἀμβλόομαι, to be abortive, κἂν . . τὸ γινόμενον ἀμβλωθῇ Arist. GA 773a1: also of eyes of vines, ἀμβλοῦνται they go ‘blind’, Thphr. HP 4.14.6; rare in Act., Ph. 2.580: metaph., ἀμβλώσαντες καὶ ἐπιφράξαντες ἀργὸν τὸ μεγαλοφυὲς κατέλιπον 1.637.
In the wild
- ἀμβλίσκειν · ambliskein Plato, Theaetetus 149
- ἀμβλίσκουσιν · ambliskousin Plato, Theaetetus 149
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀμβλίσκω (scan p. 132; entry #442).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀμβλίσκω (scan p. 87; entry #464).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀμβλίσκω (scan p. 119; entry #428).
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