1. μέλπω · melpō — Beekes
to celebrate with song and dance; to sing, dance
The corpus record
μέλπω
melpo
to celebrate with song and dance; to sing, dance
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Trojan Women 5 · 7.06/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 4 · 5.69/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
- Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
- Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
- Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Senses
2. μέλπω · melpō — Chantraine
en matière de musique » (Ρ]
3. μέλπω · melpō — Chantraine
ομαι : Hom
4. μέλπω · melpō — Chantraine
adv
5. μέλπω · melpō — Frisk
ὁμαι (ep
6. μέλπω · melpō — Frisk
Über μέλπομαι bei Hom
Attestations
- μέλποντες · melpontes Iliad 1.474
- μέλπεσθαι · melpesthai Iliad 7.241
- μελπομένῃσιν · melpomenēisin Iliad 16.182
- ἐμέλπετο · emelpeto Odyssey 4.17
- ἐμέλπετο · emelpeto Odyssey 13.27
- μέλπονται · melpontai Theogony 65–67
6 of 24 attestations shown. Ask for more.
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. 979; entry #4005 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 700; entry #5191 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1176; entry #3809 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
Downloads
Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)
CC BY 4.0, with receipt attribution. What is exportable