The corpus record

ἐλευθερ-όω

eleutheroo

set free, set, free, clear

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Where it lives

For the Liberty of the Rhodians 2 · 9.13/10k
Letter 9 1 · 8.76/10k
Menexenus 3 · 6.24/10k
Romans 4 · 5.7/10k
Against Philon 1 · 5.5/10k
Helen 2 · 5.36/10k
Funeral Oration 2 · 4.92/10k
Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 1 · 4.15/10k
On Halonnesus 1 · 4.11/10k
The Funeral Speech 51-61 1 · 3.98/10k

Densest 12 of 57 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐλευθερ-όω · eleuther-oō — LSJ

set free, set, free, clear, release, keeps, free, free from blame, acquit, to be set free, indulge in licence

set free, τὰς Ἀθήνας Hdt. 5.62; Ἰωνίην Id. 4.137; πατρίδα A. Pers. 403; πόλιν Id. Ch. 1046, D. 21.144; δούλους Th. 8.15, etc.; ἐ. τὸν ἔσπλουν set the entrance free, clear it, Id. 3.51; release a debtor, Hdt. 6.59; τό γʼ εἰς ἑαυτὸν πᾶν ἐλευθεροῖ στόμα he keeps his tongue altogether free, i.e. does not commit himself by speech, S. OT 706; free from blame, acquit, τινά X. HG 1.7.26:—Pass., to be set free, Hdt. 1.95, 127, al.; τυράννων Id. 5.62; indulge in licence, Pl. R. 575a.

2 set free, release from

c. gen., set free, release from, φόνου E. Hipp. 1449; χρεῶν Pl. R. 566e; ἀρότρου βοῦν Hld. 5.23; also ἐλευθεροῦντες ἐκ δρασμῶν πόδα, i.e. ceasing to flee, E. HF 1010:—Pass., τῶνδε τῶν τόπων ἐ. Pl. Phd. 114b; ἀπὸ τῶν πλουσίων Id. R. 569a.

In the wild

ἐλευθεροῦται · eleutheroutai Aeschylus, Eumenides 174–175
ἐλευθερώσας · eleutherōsas Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 1044–1047
ἐλευθεροῦτε · eleutheroute Aeschylus, Persians 399–404
ἐλευθεροῦτε · eleutheroute Aeschylus, Persians 399–404
ἐλευθεροῦται · eleutheroutai Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 802–803
ἐλευθεροῖ · eleutheroi Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 407–416

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Where it came from

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