The corpus record
χίμαιρα
chimaira
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Where it lives
- Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
- Leviticus 3 · 1.6/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
- Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
In the wild
- χιμαίρας · chimairas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 231–238
- χιμαίρης · chimairēs Theogony 321–325
- χίμαιρα · chimaira Iliad 6.181
- χίμαιραν · chimairan Septuaginta, Leviticus 4
- χίμαιραν · chimairan Septuaginta, Leviticus 4
- χίμαιραν · chimairan Septuaginta, Leviticus 5
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χίμαιρα (scan p. 1685; entry #6570).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χίμαιρα (scan pp. 1280-1281; entry #8741).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χίμαιρα (scan pp. 2072-2073; entry #6102). Root candidates: *ghimer-.