1. βαιός · baios — Beekes
small, slight
The corpus record
βαιός
baios
small, slight
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Philoctetes 5 · 5.68/10k
- Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
- Acharnians 2 · 2.82/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Sophist 2 · 1.25/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
- Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Senses
2. βαιός · baios — Chantraine
«petit, sane importance », le mot est attesté chez Parm
3. βαιός · baios — Frisk
“klein, gering’ (ion
4. βαιός · baios — LSJ
little, small
Attestations
- βαιὸν · baion Works and Days 417–419
- βαιά · baia Aeschylus, Persians 447–449
- βαιά · baia Aeschylus, Persians 1023
- βαιὸν · baion Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1574–1576
- βαιόν · baion Sophocles, Trachiniae 44–45
- βαιὸν · baion Sophocles, Trachiniae 335–337
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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 p. 239; entry #1008 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 172; entry #1143 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 240; entry #950 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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