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δάκνω

dakno

bite, champ, bite

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Where it lives

  • Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
  • Amos 2 · 6.5/10k
  • Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
  • Ecclesiastes 2 · 4.42/10k
  • Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
  • Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
  • Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
  • Symposium 5 · 2.87/10k
  • Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
  • Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
  • Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k

Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

bite, champ, bite, to bite

bite, of dogs, δακέειν μὲν ἀπετρωπῶντο λεόντων Il. 18.585; of a gnat, ἰσχανάᾳ δακέειν 17.572; στόμιον δ. champ the bit, A. Pr. 1009; χεῖλος ὀδοῦσι δακών, as a mark of stern determination, Tyrt. l.c.: abs., δακὼν ἀνάσχου Men. Sam. 141; δ. στόμα bite oneʼs tongue, so as to refrain from speaking, πρὸ τῶν τοιούτων χρὴ λόγων δ. στόμα A. Fr. 397, cf. S. Tr. 976; δ. ἑαυτόν to bite oneʼs lips for fear of laughing, Ar. Ra. 43; so (by a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν) δ. θυμόν Id. Nu. 1369; δ. χόλον A.R. 3.1170.

II sting

metaph. of pungent smoke and dust, sting, Ar. Ach. 18, Lys. 298, Pl. 822; δ. ὄμματα, of dry winds, Hp. Aph. 3.17.

III bite, sting, have, sting

of the mind, bite, sting, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος Il. 5.493, cf. Hes. Th. 567; ἔδακε λύπη Hdt. 7.16.αʹ; συμφορὰ δ. A. Pers. 846; λόφοι δὲ κώδωντʼ οὐ δάκνουσʼ ἄνευ δορός have no sting, Id. Th. 399; σαίνουσα δάκνεις S. Fr. 885; τὸ δάκνον τῆς συμβουλῆς Jul. Or. 7.207d; of love, πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ τὸν φιλόπαιδα δάκνουσι Pl. R. 474d:—freq. in Pass., δηχθεῖσα κέντροις . . ἠράσθη E. Hipp. 1303; ἔρωτι δεδαγμένος Call. l.c.; of vexation, δάκνομαι ψυχήν Thgn. 910; συμφορᾷ δεδαγμένοι Pi. l.c.; δέδηγμαι κ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δάκνω (scan p. 346; entry #1543). Root candidates: *denk-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δάκνω (scan p. 263; entry #1792).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δάκνω (scan pp. 375-376; entry #1409).

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