1. χελιδών · chelidōn — Beekes
swallow
The corpus record
χελῑδ-ών
chelidon
swallow
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Distribution
- Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
- Birds 8 · 7.51/10k
- On the Art of Horsemanship 3 · 4.32/10k
- Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
- Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
- Knights 2 · 2.25/10k
- Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. χελιδών · chelidōn — Chantraine
όνος : f
3. χελιδών · chelidōn — Frisk
Schwalbe
4. χελῑδ-ών · chelid-ōn — LSJ
swallow, twitterings, flying-fish, Dactylopterus volitans, hirondelle de mer
Attestations
- χελιδόνι · chelidoni Odyssey 21.411
- χελιδόνι · chelidoni Odyssey 22.240
- χελιδὼν · chelidōn Works and Days 568–569
- χελιδὼν · chelidōn Plato, Phaedo 85 (DIORISIS sentence 620)
- χελιδὼν · chelidōn Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1098a (DIORISIS sentence 179)
- χελιδόνων · chelidonōn Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1515)
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