1. κηφήν · kēphēn — Beekes
The corpus record
κηφήν
kephen
drone
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Where it lives
- Fragments 2 · 5.02/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Economics 3 · 1.69/10k
- Republic 14 · 1.58/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
- Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
What it meant
2. κηφήν · kēphēn — Chantraine
3. κηφὴν · kēphēn — Frisk
4. κηφήν · kēphēn — Frisk
5. κηφήν · kēphēn — LSJ
drone, Diph. 126.7, Arist. HA 553b5, 624b12; κηφήνεσσι εἴκελος ὀργήν, of a lazy vagabond, Hes. Op. 304, cf. Th. 595, Ar. V. 1114; ὡς ἐν κηρίῳ κ. ἐγγίγνεται Pl. R. 552c; of literary plagiarists, AP 7.708 (Diosc.), Plu. Aud. 2.42a: metaph., of worn-out, decrepit persons, ποῦ γαίας δουλεύσω γραῦς, ὡς κ.; E. Tr. 192 (lyr.), cf. Ba. 1365; cf. κόθουροι:—also καφάν, Hsch.
In the wild
- κηφῆνες · kēphēnes Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 801)
- κηφῆνας · kēphēnas Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 5089)
- κηφὴν · kēphēn Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 5089)
- κηφῆσι · kēphēsi Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 169)
- κηφήνων · kēphēnōn Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 176)
- κηφῆνα · kēphēna Euripides, Bacchae 1364–1365
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κηφήν (scan pp. 738-739; entry #3129).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κηφήν (scan p. 542; entry #3923).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κηφήν (scan p. 2253; entry #7390).
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