1. κτείνω · kteinō — Beekes
to kill, put to death
The corpus record
κτείνω
kteino
to kill, put to death
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Electra 28 · 37.04/10k
- Rhesus 17 · 31.63/10k
- Orestes 29 · 29.57/10k
- Hecuba 16 · 22.34/10k
- Trojan Women 15 · 21.19/10k
- Heracles 16 · 20.44/10k
- Ion 16 · 17.49/10k
- Libation Bearers 9 · 16.74/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 15 · 16.21/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 14 · 15.68/10k
- Electra 13 · 14.98/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 12 · 14.46/10k
Densest 12 of 52 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κτείνω · kteinō — Chantraine
Hom
3. κτείνω · kteinō — Frisk
att
4. κτείνω · kteinō — Frisk
Das als Parallele zu Zxraro angeführte aind
5. κτείνω · kteinō — LSJ
kill, slay
Attestations
- κτεινομένους · kteinomenous Iliad 1.410
- ἔκτανε · ektane Iliad 2.701
- κτείνῃ · kteinēi Iliad 3.284
- κταμένοιο · ktamenoio Iliad 3.375
- κτείνοντο · kteinonto Iliad 4.538
- κταμένοιο · ktamenoio Iliad 5.21
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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. 836-837; entry #3511
Review: Under source audit
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- scan p. 605; entry #4435 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1005; entry #3315 Review: Under source audit
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