1. μέμφομαι · memphomai — Beekes
to reproach, blame, be discontent, complain
The corpus record
μέμφομαι
memphomai
to reproach, blame, be discontent, complain
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Accusation of Calumny 2 · 19.34/10k
- Theages 5 · 14.39/10k
- Enchiridion 5 · 10.08/10k
- Against Callicles 2 · 9.55/10k
- Against Euthynus 1 · 9.17/10k
- Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes 1 · 7.73/10k
- Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
- Against Aristogeiton 2 1 · 5.95/10k
- Rhesus 3 · 5.58/10k
- Fragments 2 · 5.02/10k
- Meditations 14 · 4.81/10k
- Crito 2 · 4.8/10k
Densest 12 of 87 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μέμφομαι · memphomai — Chantraine
fut
3. μέμφομαι · memphomai — Frisk
tadeln, vorwerfen, unzufrieden sein, sich beklagen
4. μέμφομαι · memphomai — LSJ
blame, censure
Attestations
- μέμψονται · mempsontai Works and Days 186
- μεμφόμενος · memphomenos Plato, Republic 2.377 (DIORISIS sentence 1307)
- μέμφεσθαι · memphesthai Plato, Republic 2.377 (DIORISIS sentence 1308)
- μέμφεσθαι · memphesthai Plato, Republic 2.377 (DIORISIS sentence 1311)
- ἐμέμψαντο · emempsanto Plato, Republic 3.405 (DIORISIS sentence 1889)
- μέμψῃ · mempsēi Plato, Republic 6.487 (DIORISIS sentence 3662)
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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. 981; entry #4015 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 703; entry #5206 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1179; entry #3818 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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