1. δρόσος · drosos — Beekes
dew
The corpus record
δρόσος
drosos
dew
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
- Odae 4 · 9.84/10k
- Osee 3 · 7.96/10k
- De Mundo 5 · 7.89/10k
- Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
- Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
- Ion 4 · 4.37/10k
- Daniel (LXX) 4 · 3.81/10k
- Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
- Judices (cod. Al.) 4 · 2.73/10k
- Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. δρόσος · drosos — Chantraine
f
3. δρόσος · drosos — Frisk
Tau
4. δρόσος · drosos — LSJ
dew, pure water, sugar
Attestations
- δρόσου · drosou Plato, Timaeus 59 (DIORISIS sentence 527)
- δρόσος · drosos Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 233)
- δρόσου · drosou Herodotus, Histories 2.68.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2025)
- δρόσων · drosōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 334–337
- δρόσοι · drosoi Aeschylus, Agamemnon 560–562
- δρόσου · drosou Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1389–1392
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 402; entry #1796 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 312-313; entry #2151 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 451-452; entry #1651 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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