The corpus record

βρᾰδύνω

braduno

make slow, delay

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Where it lives

2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Ecclesiazusae 3 · 3.93/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

βρᾰδύνω · bradynō — LSJ

I make slow, delay, to be delayed

trans., make slow, delay, LXX Is. 46.13 :—Pass., to be delayed, τἀπὸ σοῦ βραδύνεται S. OC 1628; ἡ δʼ ὁδὸς βραδύνεται Id. El. 1501.

II loiter, delay, are, slow, slack

intr., loiter, delay, εἰ βραδύνοιμεν βοῇ A. Supp. 730 (so in Med., χεῖρα δʼ οὐ βραδύνεται . . ἁρπάσαι δόρυ Id. Th. 623); μὴ βράδυνε S. Ph. 1400; σπεύδων . . βραδύνω Pl. R. 528d: c. inf., Polyaen. 1.48.4; βραδύνει σοι τοῦτο; are you slow, slack in this? Philostr. Im. 1.6.

In the wild

βραδύνεται · bradynetai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 620–624
βραδύνοιμεν · bradynoimen Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 730–731
βραδύνετε · bradynete Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1140 (DIORISIS sentence 944)
βραδύνειν · bradynein Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 370)
βράδυνʼ · bradynʼ Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 371)
βραδύνειν · bradynein Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 660 (DIORISIS sentence 531)

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Where it came from

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