1. δέρω · derō — Beekes
The corpus record
δέρω
dero
to skin, flay
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Where it lives
- Mark 3 · 2.73/10k
- Luke 5 · 2.59/10k
- Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
- 2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
- Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
- Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
- Acts 3 · 1.67/10k
- Discourses 12 · 1.62/10k
- Euthydemus 2 · 1.61/10k
- 1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
- Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
- Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. δέρω · derō — Chantraine
3. δέρω · derō — Chantraine
4. Δέρω · Derō — Chantraine
5. δέρω · derō — Frisk
6. δέρω · derō — LSJ
skin, flay, of animals, δ. βοῦς Il. 23.167: prov., κύνα δ. δεδαρμένην ‘flog a dead horse’, Pherecr. 179; ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι to have oneʼs skin flayed off, Sol. 33.7; δερῶ σε θύλακον κλοπῆς I will make a thiefʼs purse of your skin, Ar. Eq. 370: prov., πρὶν ἐσφάχθαι δέρεις ‘first catch your hare, then cook it’, Eust. 1792.45; ἀέρα δέρειν ‘plough the sands’, Id. 1215.50, Suid.
Anat., separate by avulsion, Herophil. ap. Gal. 2.349.
colloquially, cudgel, thrash, δέδοκταί μοι δέρεσθαι καὶ δέρειν διʼ ἡμέρας Ar. V. 485, cf. Nu. 442, POxy. l.c. (ii A. D., Pass.): prov., ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’, Men. l.c., cf. SIG 1109.91 (ii A.D.): metaph., εἰς πρόσωπόν τινα δ. 2 Ep.Cor. 11.20. (Cf. Lith. derù ‘flay’, Skt. dṛṇá̄ti ‘split’.)
In the wild
- δεῖρε · deire Aristophanes, Birds 365 (DIORISIS sentence 331)
- δείρειν · deirein Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 370)
- δέρετον · dereton Aristophanes, Frogs 1105–1108
- δέρων · derōn Aristophanes, Frogs 618–622
- δερῶ · derō Aristophanes, Knights 370 (DIORISIS sentence 319)
- δέρειν · derein Aristophanes, Lysistrata 158 (DIORISIS sentence 134)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δέρω (scan pp. 365-366; entry #1639).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δέρω (scan p. 279; entry #1918).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δέρω (scan p. 400; entry #1498).
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