λύχνος

Where it lives

• Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
• Exodus 11 · 4.65/10k
• Job 3 · 2.25/10k
• Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
• Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
• Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
• Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
• Numeri 4 · 1.73/10k
• Luke 3 · 1.56/10k
• Paralipomenon II 3 · 1.52/10k
• Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
• Knights 1 · 1.13/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Where it came from

• Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λύχνος (scan pp. 927-929; entry #3836). Root candidates: *lhu-, *leus-, *leuH-.
• Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λύχνος (scan p. 669; entry #4944).
• Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λύχνος (scan pp. 1119-1121; entry #3650). Root candidates: *leugos-.

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