The corpus record

ἐχθαίρω

echthairo

hate, detest

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Electra 3 · 3.46/10k
Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

hate, detest, do, bear, hatred, to be hateful

hate, detest, ἵνʼ ἐχθήρειε γέροντα Il. 9.452, cf. Od. 4.692; ὄφρα σε Λιμὸς ἐχθαίρῃ, φιλέῃ δέ . . Δημήτηρ Hes. Op. 300 (cf. Cratin. 317); Θεμιστοκλῆʼ ἤχθαρε Λατώ Timocr. l.c., cf. Ion Trag. 44, parodied by Ar. Ra. 1425: c. acc. cogn., ἔχθος ἐχθήρας μέγα S. Ph. 59: with acc. pers. added, οὐδʼ αὖ τοσοῦτον ἔχθος ἐχθαίρω σε I do not bear thee so great hatred, Id. El. 1034:—Pass., to be hateful, θεοῖσι A. Supp. 754, cf. S. Aj. 458: abs., A. Ch. 241: fut. Med., ἐχθαρῇ μὲν ἐξ ἐμοῦ S. Ant. 93:—Med. in a

In the wild

ἐχθαίρεται · echthairetai Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 241
ἤχθηρεν · ēchthēren Aeschylus, Persians 772
ἐχθαίρω · echthairō Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 975–976
ἐχθαίρουςʼ · echthairousʼ Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 501–503
ἐχθαιροίατο · echthairoiato Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 753–754
ἐχθήρειεν · echthēreien Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 486–488

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Where it came from

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