1. χείρων · cheirōn — Beekes
worse, weaker
The corpus record
χείρων
cheiron
worse, weaker
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Against the Sophists 3 · 22.64/10k
- Apology 3 · 15/10k
- On The Trierarchic Crown 2 · 14.87/10k
- Against Diogeiton 2 · 11.82/10k
- Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
- Against Ergocles 1 · 10.99/10k
- Busiris 3 · 10.92/10k
- Aegineticus 3 · 10.33/10k
- On the Peace 8 · 10.11/10k
- Fragments 4 · 10.04/10k
- Second Olynthiac 2 · 9.79/10k
- 2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
Densest 12 of 117 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. χείρων · cheirōn — Chantraine
ὠνος : 601
3. χείρων · cheirōn — Frisk
(ion
4. χείρων · cheirōn — LSJ
meaner, inferior
Attestations
- χέρεια · chereia Iliad 4.400
- χείρονʼ · cheironʼ Iliad 10.238
- χείρονι · cheironi Iliad 14.377
- χέρεια · chereia Iliad 14.382
- χείρονι · cheironi Iliad 14.382
- χείρονος · cheironos Iliad 15.641
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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. 1673; entry #6541 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1272; entry #8697 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2056; entry #6076 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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