The corpus record

κατήγορ-ος

kategoros · ὁ

accuser, prosecutor, betrayer

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Where it lives

For Callias 1 · 35.97/10k
On The Refusal Of A Pension 5 · 35.16/10k
For Polystratus 6 · 31.43/10k
Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 4 · 19.85/10k
Against The Corn-Dealers 2 · 17.81/10k
Against Philocrates 1 · 15.13/10k
Apology 13 · 14.88/10k
On the Scrutiny of Evandros 2 · 14.49/10k
Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys 1 · 13.35/10k
Against Nicomachus 2 · 10.64/10k
Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 2 · 9.88/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 3 · 9.67/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατήγορ-ος · katēgor-os — LSJ

accuser, prosecutor, betrayer, reveals

accuser, Hdt. 3.71, S. Tr. 814, And. 4.16, Lys. 7.11, Pl. Ap. 18a (pl.), Apoc. 12.10, etc.; δημόσιος κ. public prosecutor, PFlor. 6.6 (iii A.D.); betrayer, φρονημάτων ἡ γλῶσσʼ ἀληθὴς γίγνεται κ. A. Th. 439; ἀμέλειά ἐστι σαφὴς ψυχῆς κ. κακῆς X. Oec. 20.15; πνεῦμα ὧν κατήγορον, . . δρόμοις [ἡ φύσις] ἐκβιᾶται κατηγορέειν what the respiration reveals, Hp. de Arte 12.

In the wild

κατήγορος · katēgoros Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 438–439
κατηγόρους · katēgorous Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..42 (DIORISIS sentence 495)
κατηγόρους · katēgorous Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..55 (DIORISIS sentence 665)
κατήγορος · katēgoros Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..55 (DIORISIS sentence 663)
κατηγόρου · katēgorou Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
κατήγορος · katēgoros Demosthenes, Against Androtion 66 (DIORISIS sentence 241)

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Where it came from

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