The corpus record

καινο-τομέω

kainotomeo

cut fresh into

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Where it lives

Ways and Means 5 · 13.08/10k
Euthyphro 3 · 5.8/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Politics 3 · 0.46/10k
Laws 4 · 0.39/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cut fresh into, open a new vein

cut fresh into, in mining, open a new vein, X. Vect. 4.27 sq., Phot.; in road-making, metaph., ἀτραπὸν ἄλλην Ph. 2.445, cf. J. BJ 5.9.4, Luc. Rh.Pr. 10 (Pass.).

II begin something new, institute anew, make changes, innovations

mostly metaph., begin something new, institute anew, τελετήν τινι Ar. V. 876 (anap.): abs., make changes or innovations in the state, Id. Ec. 584 (anap.), Arist. Pol. 1305b41, 1316b19, Plb. 15.30.1, PLips. 35.19 (iv A. D.), etc.: generally, μὴ καινοτομεῖν Phld. Mus. p.9K.; κ. τι νέον Pl. Lg. 797c, cf. 709a; κ. περὶ τὰ θεῖα Id. Euthphr. 3b, 16a; περὶ τῶν θείων ib. 5a; τὰ θεῖα Jul. Or. 5.159b; κ. τὴν περὶ τὰ τέκνα κοινότητα Arist. Pol. 1266a35; οὐθὲν κ. εἰς [τὰ γινόμενα περὶ θεῶν σεβασμούς] D.H. 7

In the wild

κεκαινοτόμηκεν · kekainotomēken Aristotle, Politics 1266a (DIORISIS sentence 531)
καινοτομεῖν · kainotomein Aristotle, Politics 1305b (DIORISIS sentence 1951)
καινοτομοῦσιν · kainotomousin Aristotle, Politics 1316b (DIORISIS sentence 2270)
καινοτομῶν · kainotomōn Plato, Epinomis 985
καινοτομῶ · kainotomō Plato, Euthyphro 16
καινοτομοῦντός · kainotomountos Plato, Euthyphro 3

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