The corpus record

ἐκμανθάνω

ekmanthano

learn thoroughly

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Where it lives

Oedipus Tyrannus 8 · 8.65/10k
Prometheus Bound 5 · 8.5/10k
Trachiniae 6 · 8.26/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 4 · 3.86/10k
Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
Ion 3 · 3.28/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Hippias Major 2 · 2.37/10k
Phoenissae 2 · 2.07/10k
Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκμανθάνω · ekmanthanō — LSJ

learn thoroughly, to have learnt thoroughly, know full well

learn thoroughly, and, in past tenses, to have learnt thoroughly, know full well, ἐ. τὴν [Ἑλλάδα] γλῶσσαν Hdt. 2.154; ἀνδρὸς ψυχήν S. Ant. 175; ἐ. τι ἀπό τινος A. Pr. 256; ἔκ τινος Pl. Ax. 371a; παρά τινος S. OT 286; τοῦ θεοῦ τί πρακτέον ib. 1439, cf. OC 114, Ar. Ec. 244; ἐ. ὅτι.. Hdt. 3.134.

II examine closely, search out

examine closely, search out, Id. 7.28, E. IT 667, X. Cyr. 1.6.40.

III learn by heart

learn by heart, ὅλους ποιητάς Pl. Lg. 811a, cf. Aeschin. 3.135; ᾄσματα Thphr. Char. 27.7; Σαπφοῦς τἀρωτικά Epicr. 4; Διονυσίου δράματα Ephipp. 16; ἵνα πολλάκις ἀκούοντες τῶν ἐπῶν ἐκμανθάνωμεν τὴν ἔχθραν Isoc. 4.159.

In the wild

ἐκμαθεῖν · ekmathein Aeschylus, Persians 230–231
ἐκμαθήσονται · ekmathēsontai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 256
ἐκμάθῃς · ekmathēis Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 705–706
ἐκμαθεῖν · ekmathein Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 776
ἐκμάνθανε · ekmanthane Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 816–817
ἐκμαθοῦσα · ekmathousa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 875–876

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Where it came from

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