1. μάχαιρα · machaira — Beekes
large knife, butchery knife
The corpus record
μάχαιρα
machaira
large knife, butchery knife
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Jeremias 50 · 18.04/10k
- Ezechiel 36 · 12.46/10k
- Odae 4 · 9.84/10k
- Isaias 22 · 8.37/10k
- Hebrews 3 · 5.97/10k
- Regnorum II 8 · 4.95/10k
- Judices (cod. Al.) 7 · 4.79/10k
- Josue (cod. Vat.) 6 · 4.51/10k
- Proverbia 5 · 4.5/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
- Revelation 4 · 4.04/10k
Densest 12 of 58 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μάχαιρα · machaira — Chantraine
f
3. μάχαιρα · machaira — Frisk
kurzes Schwert, Dolch
4. μάχαιρ-α · machair-a — LSJ
large knife
Attestations
- μάχαιραν · machairan Iliad 3.271
- μαχαίρῃ · machairēi Iliad 11.844
- μαχαίρας · machairas Iliad 18.597
- μάχαιραν · machairan Iliad 19.252
- μαχαίρᾳ · machairai Plato, Republic 1.353 (DIORISIS sentence 784)
- μάχαιραν · machairan Epictetus, Discourses 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 292)
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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 p. 966; entry #3965 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 690; entry #5122 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1158-1159; entry #3769 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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