μελαγ-χολάω · melag-cholaō — LSJ
to be atrabilious, melancholy-mad
The corpus record
μελαγ-χολάω
melagcholao
to be atrabilious, melancholy-mad
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Distribution
- Plutus 3 · 3.72/10k
- Against Olympiodorus 1 · 2.85/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
- Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
- Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
- Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Senses
Attestations
- μελαγχολᾷς · melancholais Plato, Phaedrus 268 (DIORISIS sentence 784)
- μελαγχολῶν · melancholōn Epictetus, Discourses 1.18 (DIORISIS sentence 962)
- μελαγχολῶντος · melancholōntos Epictetus, Discourses 3.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3855)
- μελαγχολῶν · melancholōn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 13)
- μελαγχολᾶν · melancholan Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 190)
- μελαγχολῶντʼ · melancholōntʼ Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 5)
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