1. ἵμερος · himeros — Beekes
longing, yearning, love
The corpus record
ἵμερος
imeros
longing, yearning, love
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
- Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
- Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
- Phaedrus 4 · 2.41/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Cratylus 3 · 1.68/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἵμερος · himeros — Chantraine
m
3. ἵμερος · himeros — Frisk
von Sehnsucht, Liebe erfüllt, lieblich, anmutig
4. ἵμερος · himeros — Frisk
Davon noch ἱμερόομαι “von Liebessehnsucht ergriffen werden, sich einem Mann hing
5. ἵμερος · himeros — LSJ
longing, yearning after
Attestations
- ἵμερον · himeron Iliad 3.139
- ἵμερος · himeros Iliad 3.446
- ἵμερος · himeros Iliad 11.89
- ἵμερον · himeron Iliad 14.198
- ἵμερος · himeros Iliad 14.216
- ἵμερος · himeros Iliad 14.328
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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. 638; entry #2729 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 478; entry #3383 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 758; entry #2609 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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