The corpus record

ἐκτρᾰχηλ-ίζω

ektrachelizo

throw the rider over its

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ἐκτρᾰχηλ-ίζω · ektrachēl-izō — LSJ

throw the rider over its, head, break, neck, overturn, break oneʼs neck

throw the rider over its head, X. Cyr. 1.4.8, Plu. Adul. 2.58f: generally, break a personʼs neck, Ar. Lys. 705; overturn, τὰ ὄρη Tab.Defix.Aud. 271.26 (Hadrumetum, iii A.D.); κλίμακας Ph. Bel. 85.38:—Pass., break oneʼs neck, Ar. Nu. 1501, Pl. 70, Luc. Merc.Cond. 42.

2 ruin, pervert

metaph., ruin, pervert, D. 9.51, Luc. Rh.Pr. 10, Alciphr. 3.40, Porph. Abst. 1.42; εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν Mich. in EN 523.20:—Pass., εἰς ἀτόπους πράξεις Ph. Fr. 102 H.

II cause to lose control of oneʼs language

metaph., cause to lose control of oneʼs language, ἐ. τινὰς αἱ τραγῳδίαι Hermog. Id. 1.6.

III behead

behead, Gloss.

In the wild

ἐκτραχηλισθῶ · ektrachēlisthō Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1154)
ἐκτραχηλίσῃ · ektrachēlisēi Aristophanes, Lysistrata 704 (DIORISIS sentence 526)
ἐκτραχηλισθῇ · ektrachēlisthēi Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 46)
ἐκτραχηλισθῆναι · ektrachēlisthēnai Demosthenes, Third Philippic 51 (DIORISIS sentence 142)
ἐξετραχήλισεν · exetrachēlisen Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 259)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

Downloads

Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about ἐκτρᾰχηλ-ίζω →