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ἔμπειρος

empeiros

“erfahren, kundig’ (ion

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Where it lives

Letter 4 1 · 12.15/10k
Lovers 2 · 8.36/10k
Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 3 · 5.21/10k
Second Olynthiac 1 · 4.89/10k
Hippias Minor 2 · 4.59/10k
Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
On Hunting 3 · 3.3/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Funeral Oration 1 · 2.46/10k
Against Neaera 2 · 2.2/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k

Densest 12 of 54 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ἔμπειρος · empeiros — Frisk

ἔμπειρος “erfahren, kundig’ (ion. att.) mit ἐμπειρία, ἐμπειρικός und dem seltenen Denominativum ἐμπειρέω “erfahren sein’ (hell.); ἐμπειράομαι “erproben’ (Hp., Form und Bedeutung nach πειράομαι). Poetische Erweiterung ἐμπείραμος = ἔμπειρος (Lyk., AP u.a.; Vorbild?) mit der metrischen Variante ἐμπέραμος (Kall., poet. Inschr. u. a.). — Auch ἐμσερής (S. Fr.; nach £vreing usw.). Bahuvrihikompositum von πεῖρα (s. ἃ.) mit … — [Frisk, s.v. ἔμπειρος, p. 538]

2. ἔμπειρος · empeiros — LSJ

experienced, practised in, acquainted with, experienced, experts, skilfully handled, greater experience

experienced or practised in a thing, acquainted with it, c. gen., τῆς θυσίης Hdt. 2.49; τῶν χώρων Id. 8.132; Βοιωτῶν Id. 9.46; τῆς ἐκείνου διανοίης Id. 8.97; κακῶν A. Pers. 598; γάμων S. OC 752; θαλάσσης Th. 1.80 (Sup.); τοῦ ἀγωνίζεσθαι Antipho 5.7; ὁ περὶ τῶν νόμων ἔ. Pl. Lg. 632d; οἱ μάλιστα περὶ ταῦτα τῶν ἱερέων ἔ. Id. Ti. 22a: abs., οἱ ἔ. the experienced, S. OT 44, OC 1135; experts, Pl. Lg. 765b; ναυσὶν ἐμπείροις for ships skilfully handled, Th. 2.89; τὸ ἐμπειρότερον αὐτῶν their greater expe

II know, by experience, by its issue

Adv. -ρως, τινὸς ἔχειν to know a person or thing by experience, by its issue, X. An. 2.6.1, Antiph. 3, etc.; παιδεῦσαι D. 59.18; διώκειν Aen.Tact. 2.6; πόλεμον διενεγκεῖν Jul. Or. 2.95a: Comp. -οτέρως Aeschin. 1.82.

In the wild

ἔμπειρος · empeiros Aeschylus, Persians 598–600
ἔμπειρος · empeiros Aristophanes, Frogs 810–811
ἐμπείρους · empeirous Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
ἔμπειροι · empeiroi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 17)
ἐμπείρων · empeirōn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 38)
ἐμπείρων · empeirōn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 21)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔμπειρος (scan p. 358; entry #2480).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔμπειρος (scan p. 538; entry #1899).

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