The corpus record

καταφρύγω

kataphrugo

burn away, burn to ashes

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Where it lives

Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant

καταφρύγω · kataphrygō — LSJ

burn away, burn to ashes

burn away, burn to ashes, of lightning, Ar. Nu. 396:—Pass., of love, v.l. in Theoc. 14.26 (Pap. ined.).

2 parch, consume, to be dried up

parch, consume, of disease, Alex.Trall. Febr. 4:—Pass., to be dried up, γλῶσσαι καταπεφρυγμέναι Ruf. ap. Aët. 5.95: fut. -φρυγήσομαι Hsch.:—also κατα-φρύσ<σ>ω, κατα-φρύττω, Id., Olymp. in Mete. 299.11.

In the wild

καταφρύγει · kataphrygei Aristophanes, Clouds 395 (DIORISIS sentence 341)

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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