1. δέλεαρ · delear — Beekes
The corpus record
δέλε-αρ
delear
decoy, bait
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Where it lives
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
- Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
- Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
- Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
- Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
- Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
What it meant
2. δέλεαρ · delear — Chantraine
3. δέλεαρ · delear — Chantraine
4. δέλεαρ · delear — Frisk
5. δέλεαρ · delear — Frisk
6. δέλε-αρ · dele-ar — LSJ
bait, X. Mem. 2.1.4, Plb. 15.21.6 (pl.): metaph., δ. τινος bait for a person, E. Andr. 264, cf. Fr. 981.5, Luc. Rh.Pr. 25 (pl.), etc.; τιμαὶ γάρ, ἆθλα, δ. ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἔδωκεν ἀνθρώποις Antipho Soph. 49: c. gen. rei, an incitement to . ., ἡδονὴ κακοῦ δέλεαρ Pl. Ti. 69d, cf. J. Ap. 2.39; δ. σοφίης Epigr.Gr. 880.6 (Cyzicus).
In the wild
- δέλεαρ · delear Euripides, Helen 755 (DIORISIS sentence 500)
- δέλεαρ · delear Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 710)
- δέλεαρ · delear Euripides, Trojan Women 3 (DIORISIS sentence 371)
- δέλεαρ · delear Plato, Euthydemus 272
- δέλεαρ · delear Plato, Sophist 223
- δέλεαρ · delear Plato, Timaeus 69 (DIORISIS sentence 653)
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Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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