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ἐμμένω

emmeno

abide in, abide by, stand by, cleave to, be true to, remain constant

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Where it lives

Letter 5 1 · 35.59/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 6 · 33.61/10k
Against Boeotus 2 7 · 18.03/10k
Against Aristogeiton 2 3 · 17.85/10k
Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 3 · 14.89/10k
Philip's Letter 2 · 14.23/10k
Letter 7 1 · 12.84/10k
Against Callimachus 4 · 11.28/10k
To Demonicus 3 · 10.37/10k
Crito 4 · 9.59/10k
De Insomniis 2 · 8.38/10k
Nicocles or the Cyprians 3 · 8.03/10k

Densest 12 of 80 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐμμένω · emmenō — LSJ

abide in

abide in a place, πολὺν χρόνον μελάθροις ἐμμένειν E. Fr. 362.12; ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ Ar. Ec. 1120; ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ Th. 2.23, cf. X. An. 4.7.17, Epist. Phil. ap. D. 12.22: abs., Th. 8.31.

2 abide by, stand by, cleave to, be true to, remain constant, stand fast be faithful

abide by, stand by, cleave to, be true to, c. dat., τοῖς ὁρκίοις Hdt. 9.106; πιστώμασι A. Ch. 977, etc.; τῷ κηρύγματι S. OT 351; ὀρθῷ νόμῳ Id. Aj. 350; ἐ. ταῖς συνθήκαις καὶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς Th. 5.18, cf. Isoc. 7.81; τοῖς νόμοις X. Mem. 4.4.16; τῷ τιμήματι Pl. Ap. 39b; τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ Id. Tht. 145c, etc.; ἐ. τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις remain constant to them, App. Hisp. 24; ἐ. ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς τὸν ἐνιαυτόν Indut. ap. Th. 4.118; ἐν τῇ τάξει Pl. Lg. 844c; ἐν τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ Isoc. 9.89: abs., stand fast be faithful,

3 remain fixed, stand fast, hold good, may, remain fixed in, continued as a custom

of things, remain fixed, stand fast, hold good, εἴ σοί γʼ ἅπερ φὴς ἐμμενεῖ S. OC 648; μάλα μοι τοῦτʼ ἐμμένοι may it remain fixed in my mind, A. Pr. 534 (lyr.); εἴ σφι ἔτι ἐμμένει [ἡ φιλίη] Hdt. 7.151; τέσσαρα καὶ δέκα ἔτη ἐνέμειναν αἱ σπονδαί Th. 2.2; ἐ. ὁ νόμος Pl. Lg. 839c; ἐὰν . . [ὁ λόγος] ἐμμένῃ Id. Phdr. 258b; τὸ σιδηροφορεῖσθαι τοῖς ἠπειρώταις ἐμμεμένηκεν continued as a custom, Th. 1.5.

In the wild

ἐμμένει · emmenei Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 975–977
ἐμμένοι · emmenoi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 536
ἐμμένει · emmenei Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1120 (DIORISIS sentence 926)
ἐμμένειν · emmenein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..40 (DIORISIS sentence 464)
ἐμμένωσιν · emmenōsin Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..53 (DIORISIS sentence 618)
ἐμμένει · emmenei Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 39)

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