ἰσχῡρός (ischuros)

Where it lives

Joel 4 · 25.97/10k
Against Callicles 4 · 19.09/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 3 · 16.81/10k
Against Alcibiades 2 1 · 16.64/10k
For the Megalopolitans 3 · 16.2/10k
De aere aquis et locis 11 · 14.85/10k
Against Phaenippus 3 · 13.52/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 9 · 12.95/10k
Daniel (LXX) 13 · 12.37/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 6 · 12.34/10k
On the Sacred Disease 5 · 10.9/10k
Ways and Means 4 · 10.46/10k

Densest 12 of 138 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἰσχῡρός · ischyros — LSJ

strong, hard, indigestible, strong, strongest points, that in which the strength, lies, show of strength, strong

strong, esp. of personal strength, S. Ph. 945, E. Fr. 290, etc.; of things, ἰ. βέλος Alc. 15.4; ῥεύματα Hdt. 8.12; ἰ. χθών hard, A. Pers. 310; of food, indigestible, Hp. Art. 50; of taste, strong, Thphr. HP 7.6.1; of armies, ἰσχυροτέρα φάλαγξ X. Cyr. 7.1.30; of places, Th. 4.9, X. An. 4.6.11, etc.; τῆς χώρης τὸ -ότατον Hdt. 1.76; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἰ., opp. τὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἰ., X. Eq.Mag. 8.24; τὰ ἰσχυρότατα your strongest points, Th. 5.111; τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἰ. that in which the strength of the state lies,

2 powerful

powerful, ἄλοχος Διός A. Supp. 302; πόλις E. Supp. 447; θεός Ar. Pl. 946; ἰ. τὸ πολλόν Hdt. 1.136; οἱ ἰ. ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν X. Ath. 1.14: Comp. -ότερος, ἐς πειθώ Democr. 51; ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος -ότερός μου ἐστίν Ev.Matt. 3.11.

3 forcible, violent, severe, violent, excessive, severe, more positive, by main force

forcible, violent, severe, σιτοδείη, ψύχη, Hdt. 1.94, 4.29; λιμός Ev.Luc. 15.14; ἀναγκαίη Hdt. 1.74; αἱ λίαν ἰ. τιμωρίαι violent, excessive, Id. 4.205; ὅρκος -ότατος, ἀνάγκαι -όταται, Antipho 5.11, 6.25; νόσημα Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 4 (2? no superl. found); βήξ Th. 2.49; γέλως, ἐπιθυμίαι, etc., Pl. R. 388e, 560b, etc.; νόμος ἰ. severe, Hdt. 7.102, Lys. 15.9; ἔχθρα Pl. Phdr. 233c; γνώμη -οτέρη more positive, Hdt. 9.41; τρόπῳ ᾧ ἂν δύνωνται -οτάτῳ Foed. ap. Th. 5.23; κατὰ τὸ ἰσχυρόν by main force, opp. δό

4 vigorous, strong

of literary style, vigorous, D.H. Comp. 22; also of syllables, strong, ib. 16; στάσεις λαμβάνειν ἰ. ib. 22.

II strongly, with all force

Adv. -ρῶς strongly, with all force, ἐγκεῖσθαι Th. 1.69, etc.; φυλάττειν τινάς X. An. 6.3.11.

2 very much, exceedingly, most certainly

very much, exceedingly, with Adjs., Hdt. 4.108; ἔθνος μέγα ἰ. ib. 183; διώρυγες ἰ. βαθεῖαι X. An. [1.7.15], etc.; ἰ. χλωρόν Hp. Prog. 11; κίνησις νωθὴς ἰ. Arist. HA 503b9; ἰ. φιλοπλάτων Phld. Ind Sto. 61: with Verbs, ἰ. ἥδεσθαι, ἀνιᾶσθαι, X. Cyr. 8.3.44; ἀπήγγειλεν ὅτι πάντα δοκοίη ἰ. τῷ εὐνούχῳ ib. 5.3.15: Comp. -οτέρως Heraclit. 114, Hdt. 3.129; -ότερον X. Cyr. 4.5.12, etc.: Sup., in answers, ἰσχυρότατά γε most certainly, Id. Oec. 1.15.

In the wild

ἰσχυρὰν · ischyran Aeschylus, Persians 308–310
ἰσχυρὰ · ischyra Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 302
ἰσχυρόν · ischyron Aristophanes, Acharnians 1 (DIORISIS sentence 724)
ἰσχυρὸς · ischyros Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 460)
ἰσχυρὸν · ischyron Aristophanes, Plutus 945 (DIORISIS sentence 762)
ἰσχυρότερα · ischyrotera Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..29 (DIORISIS sentence 362)

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Where it came from

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