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δεσμ-εύω

desmeuo

fetter, put in chains

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Where it lives

Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Genesis 2 · 0.67/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δεσμ-εύω · desm-euō — LSJ

fetter, put in chains, tie together, bind fast to

fetter, put in chains, h.Bacch. 17, E. Ba. 616, Pl. Lg. 808e; tie together, as corn in the sheaf, Hes. Op. 481; δ. ἀγκάλας PLond. 1.131r426 (ii A. D.); χόρτον PFlor. 322.31 (iii A. D.); δ. ἔκ τινος bind fast to . ., Plb. 3.93.4, Apollod. 2.1.3.

II lay snares for

lay snares for, LXX 1 Ki. 24.12.

In the wild

δεσμευόμενος · desmeuomenos Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6166)
δεσμεύειν · desmeuein Euripides, Bacchae 616–617
δεσμεύων · desmeuōn Works and Days 479–481
δεσμεύων · desmeuōn New Testament, Acts 22.2 (DIORISIS sentence 757)
ἐδεσμεύετο · edesmeueto New Testament, Luke 8.29 (DIORISIS sentence 409)
δεσμεύουσιν · desmeuousin New Testament, Matthew 23.4 (DIORISIS sentence 962)

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Where it came from

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