The corpus record

καταμην-ύω

katamenuo

point out, make known

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Where it lives

Against Agoratus 1 · 2.09/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Against Timocrates 1 · 0.69/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

καταμην-ύω · katamēn-yō — LSJ

point out, make known

point out, make known, κ. διὰ γραμμάτων τοὺς οὔρους Hdt. 7.30; τόδʼ ἐγὼ καταμηνύσω A. Pr. 176 (anap.), cf. Plu. Them. 23, etc.; κ. ἑωυτὸν ὡς εἴη Ἱστιαῖος Hdt. 6.29; τὸν Ὅμηρον ὅτι . . Phld. Hom. p.54 O.:—Pass., Jul. adAth. 273d.

2 inform against

inform against, τινος Lys. 13.49, cf. D. 24.60; also τινὰς πρός τινα D.H. 4.43:—Pass., ὑπό τινος -μηνυθείς ib. 62, cf. Cod.Just. 10.11.8.4.

3 give a sign

of a god, give a sign, X. HG 3.3.2.

In the wild

καταμηνύσω · katamēnysō Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 173–179
καταμηνύεις · katamēnyeis Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 60 (DIORISIS sentence 212)
καταμηνύει · katamēnyei Herodotus, Histories 6.29.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6326)
καταμηνύει · katamēnyei Herodotus, Histories 7.30.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7272)
κατεμήνυσε · katemēnyse Lysias, Against Agoratus 49 (DIORISIS sentence 113)
κατεμήνυσε · katemēnyse Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 4

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Where it came from

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