ἔχιδν-α · echidn-a — LSJ
viper, constrictor snake, of vipers
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ἔχιδν-α
echidna · ἡ
viper, constrictor snake, of vipers
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Distribution
- Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
- Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
- Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Matthew 3 · 1.67/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
- Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
- Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
- Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- ἐχίδνης · echidnēs Plato, Symposium 218 (DIORISIS sentence 922)
- ἐχίδνας · echidnas Herodotus, Histories 3.108.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3699)
- ἔχιδναί · echidnai Herodotus, Histories 3.109.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3709)
- ἔχιδναι · echidnai Herodotus, Histories 3.109.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3714)
- ἔχιδναν · echidnan Herodotus, Histories 4.9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4152)
- ἔχιδνα · echidna Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 896–897
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