1. ἀφρός · aphros — Beekes
foam, slaver
The corpus record
ἀφρός
aphros
foam, slaver
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- On the Sacred Disease 3 · 6.54/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
- Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἀφρός · aphros — Chantraine
m
3. ᾿Αφρός · ᾿Aphros — Chantraine
figure comme premier terme dans de rares composés : de l'expression ἀφρὸς νίτρου
4. ἀφρός · aphros — Frisk
Schaum, Geifer? (seit Il., vorw. poet.). — Ableitungen: ἀφρώδης
5. ἀφρός · aphros — LSJ
foam, slaver, froth, frothy blood
Attestations
- ἀφρῷ · aphrōi Iliad 5.599
- ἀφρῷ · aphrōi Iliad 18.403
- ἀφρὸς · aphros Iliad 20.168
- ἀφρῷ · aphrōi Iliad 21.325
- ἀφρὸς · aphros Theogony 188–190
- ἀφρῷ · aphrōi Theogony 195–197
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 226-227; entry #942 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 162; entry #1067 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 227; entry #900 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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