The corpus record

ληρ-έω

lereo

to be foolish

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Where it lives

Letter 5 1 · 35.59/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 6 · 8.53/10k
Frogs 7 · 7.69/10k
On the Peace 1 · 6.89/10k
Clouds 4 · 4.16/10k
Panathenaicus 6 · 3.79/10k
Antidosis 5 · 2.84/10k
Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ληρ-έω · lēr-eō — LSJ

to be foolish, silly, speak, act foolishly

to be foolish or silly, speak or act foolishly, S. Tr. 435, Ar. Eq. 536, al., Pl. Tht. 152b, etc.; ξυνθιασώτης τοῦ ληρεῖν Ar. Pl. 508; περί τινος Isoc. 12.11, 33; λῆρον ληρεῖς Ar. Pl. 517; ληρεῖς ἔχων (v. ἔχω B. IV. 2) Id. Ra. 512, cf. Pl. Grg. 497b: c. acc., μὴ ληρήσῃς τὸν ἐκτιναγμόν σου PFay. 114. 21 (i A.D.).

2 to be delirious

of a sick person, to be delirious, Hp. Epid. 1.4.3 [1.26.γʹ].

In the wild

ληρεῖς · lēreis Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 306)
ληρεῖς · lēreis Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 466)
ληρεῖς · lēreis Aristophanes, Clouds 500 (DIORISIS sentence 402)
ληρήσεις · lērēseis Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 311)
ληρεῖς · lēreis Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 660)
ληρεῖς · lēreis Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 991)

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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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