1. γραῦς · graus — Beekes
old woman
The corpus record
γραῦς
graus
old woman
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Thesmophoriazusae 6 · 8.53/10k
- Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 4 · 7.48/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 5 · 6.55/10k
- Trojan Women 4 · 5.65/10k
- Lysistrata 4 · 5.04/10k
- Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
- Plutus 3 · 3.72/10k
- Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
- Odyssey 22 · 2.53/10k
- Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
- Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. γραῦς · graus — Frisk
Gen
3. γραῦς · graus — Frisk
Myk
4. γραῦς · graus — LSJ
old woman, old wives’, an old man
Attestations
- γρηῒ · grēi Iliad 3.386
- γρηὶ · grēi Odyssey 1.191
- γρῆυς · grēus Odyssey 2.377
- γρῆυς · grēus Odyssey 7.8
- γρηῒ · grēi Odyssey 18.27
- γρηῢς · grēus Odyssey 18.185
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 332; entry #1491 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 356; entry #1352 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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