χωρίς (choris)

Where it lives

Philemon 1 · 30.49/10k
Hebrews 13 · 25.89/10k
James 4 · 23.39/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 3 · 16.32/10k
Against Spudias 3 · 15.48/10k
Parmenides 20 · 13.2/10k
1 Timothy 2 · 12.63/10k
Against Aristogeiton 2 2 · 11.9/10k
Bel et Draco (LXX) 1 · 11.9/10k
Against Aphobus 1 5 · 11.02/10k
Aegineticus 3 · 10.33/10k
Critias 5 · 10.12/10k

Densest 12 of 156 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

χωρίς · chōris — LSJ

separately, apart, set, apart, in reserve, apart, separated, without evidence, distinguish, two ways, squint, separately, besides, separately, without, otherwise, except

separately, apart, once in Il., 7.470; χ. μὲν πρόγονοι, χ. δὲ μέτασσαι, χ. δʼ αὖθʼ ἕρσαι Od. 9.221, cf. 4.130, Sapph. 44.16 L.-P., IG 1(2).108.32, al.; χ. ἡ τιμὴ θεῶν A. Ag. 637; κεῖται χ. ὁ νεκρός Hdt. 4.62; χ. περὶ αὐτῶν ἑκάστου οἱ νόμοι κεῖνται Antipho 5.10; χίλια τάλαντα . . χ. θέσθαι set them apart, in reserve, Th. 2.24; χ. οἰκεῖν live apart, have an independent establishment, D. 4.36, 47.72; χ. γενόμενοι being separated, X. Cyr. 4.1.18; χ. ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων Parm. 8.56, Pl. Phd. 98c; μή με χ. αἰτ

2 of different nature, kind, quality

metaph., of different nature, kind, or quality, Semon. 7.1; χ. τό τʼ εἶναι καὶ τὸ μὴ νομίζεται E. Alc. 528; χ. τό τʼ εἰπεῖν πολλὰ καὶ τὰ καίρια S. OC 808; χ. ᾤμην εἶναι τὸ συνεῖναί τε ἀλλήλοις διαλεγομένους καὶ τὸ δημηγορεῖν Pl. Prt. 336b.

II without, without the help, will of

as Prep. c. gen., without, A. Ag. 926, etc.; without the help or will of, χ. Ζηνός S. Tr. 1002 (lyr.): after its case, πόνου χ. Id. El. 915, cf. Theon. Sm. p.1H.

2 separate from, apart from

separate from, apart from, χ. ἀθανάτων Pi. O. 9.41; χ. ἀνθρώπων στίβου S. Ph. 487; χωρὶς ᾤκισται θεῶν E. Hec. 2; χ. ὀμμάτων ἐμῶν Id. Or. 272; ἡ ψυχὴ χ. τοῦ σώματος Pl. Phd. 67a, etc.

3 independently of, without reckoning

independently of, without reckoning, Hdt. 1.93, 106, 6.58; χ. τε γένους οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μοῖραν νείμαιμʼ ἢ σοί A. Pr. 293 (anap.); χ. δὲ τῆς δόξης οὐδὲ δίκαιόν μοι δοκεῖ . . Pl. Ap. 35b.

4 differently from, otherwise than

differently from, otherwise than, χ. μυρηρῶν τευχέων πνέων A. Fr. 180.5; χ. δήπου σοφία ἐστὶν ἀνδρείας Pl. La. 195a, cf. D. 19.13.

In the wild

χωρὶς · chōris Aeschylus, Agamemnon 637
χωρὶς · chōris Aeschylus, Agamemnon 926
χωρὶς · chōris Aeschylus, Persians 338–340
χωρίς · chōris Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 291–294
χωρὶς · chōris Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 514)
χωρὶς · chōris Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 682)

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Where it came from

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