The corpus record

καινόω

kainoo

make new, change

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Where it lives

History 2 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

make new, change, inventing new

make new, change, τὰ ἐπιβουλεύματα D.C. 47.4; of language, D.H. Th. 21:—Pass., of political changes, Th. 1.71; καινοῦσθαι τὰς διανοίας in inventing new devices, Id. 3.82, cf. Ph. 1.326, 2.156.

II use for the first time, handsel

= καινίζω, use for the first time, handsel, Hdt. 2.100.

III renew

renew, φόβον Ph. 2.78.

In the wild

κεκαίνωται · kekainōtai Thucydides, History 1.71.3 (DIORISIS sentence 436)
καινοῦσθαι · kainousthai Thucydides, History 3.82.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2276)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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