1. κηφήν · kēphēn — Beekes
drone
The corpus record
κηφήν
kephen
drone
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Distribution
- 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
Senses
2. κηφήν · kēphēn — Chantraine
Hsch. xäpav : xnpnv] «faux bourdon» (Hés., ion.-att.), l
3. κηφὴν · kēphēn — Frisk
(καφάν H
4. κηφήν · kēphēn — Frisk
Für Fernhalten der PN Κηφεύς, Κῆφις usw
5. κηφήν · kēphēn — LSJ
drone, lazy vagabond
Attestations
- κηφῆνας · kēphēnas Theogony 594–601
- κηφήνεσσι · kēphēnessi Works and Days 303–305
- κηφὴν · kēphēn Plato, Republic 8.552 (DIORISIS sentence 4900)
- κηφῆνα · kēphēna Plato, Republic 8.552 (DIORISIS sentence 4900)
- κηφῆνας · kēphēnas Plato, Republic 8.552 (DIORISIS sentence 4902)
- κηφῆνος · kēphēnos Plato, Republic 8.554 (DIORISIS sentence 4953)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 738-739; entry #3129 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 542; entry #3923 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2253; entry #7390 Review: Under source audit
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