The corpus record

καταφῐλ-έω

kataphileo

kiss, caress

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Where it lives

Ruth 2 · 10.42/10k
Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
Regnorum II 4 · 2.47/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
Discourses 12 · 1.62/10k
Luke 3 · 1.56/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Regnorum III 2 · 1.05/10k
Genesis 3 · 1/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταφῐλ-έω · kataphil-eō — LSJ

kiss, caress

kiss, caress, δίφρον X. Cyr. 6.4.10; χεῖρας καὶ πόδας τινός ib. 7.5.32, cf. Men. Epit. 56, Arr. Epict. 4.10.20; τοὺς μὲν καλοὺς φιλήσοντος, τοὺς δʼ ἀγαθοὺς καταφ. X. Mem. 2.6.33, cf. Arist. Fr. 553, LXX Ru. 1.9, Ev.Matt. 26.49; dist. from φιλεῖν, Ph. 1.478; esp. of an amorous kiss. Luc. Am. 13.

In the wild

καταφιλεῖ · kataphilei Epictetus, Discourses 1.19 (DIORISIS sentence 1045)
καταπεφιληκότες · katapephilēkotes Epictetus, Discourses 2.22 (DIORISIS sentence 3379)
καταφιλοῦντα · kataphilounta Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5500)
καταφιλῆσαι · kataphilēsai Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5396)
καταφιλῇς · kataphilēis Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5493)
καταφιλήσας · kataphilēsas Epictetus, Discourses 3.7 (DIORISIS sentence 4193)

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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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