1. ἦμαι · ēmai — Beekes
to sit
The corpus record
ἧμαι
emai
to sit
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Distribution
- Odyssey 71 · 8.17/10k
- Eumenides 3 · 5.72/10k
- Rhesus 3 · 5.58/10k
- Suppliants 3 · 4.26/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
- Iliad 45 · 4.04/10k
- Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
- Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἦμαι · ēmai — Chantraine
ion. le plus souvent et l
3. ἣμαι · hēmai — Chantraine
412 --- effet de l’analogie, οἵ
4. ἧμαι · hēmai — LSJ
to be seated, sit
Attestations
- ἧσθαι · hēsthai Iliad 1.134
- ἥμενον · hēmenon Iliad 1.330
- ἡμένη · hēmenē Iliad 1.358
- ἧσθαι · hēsthai Iliad 1.416
- ἥμενον · hēmenon Iliad 1.498
- ἧστο · hēsto Iliad 1.512
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 565; entry #2459 Review: Under source audit
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