The corpus record

μεμπ-τός

memptos

blameworthy

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Where it lives

Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
History 4 · 0.27/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μεμπ-τός · memp-tos — LSJ

blameworthy, contemptible

blameworthy, E. Hel. 462, Phld. Oec. p.70 J.: Comp. μεμπτότερος Th. 2.61: mostly with a neg., Pi. Fr. 220, S. OC 1036, Th. 3.57, etc.; οὐ μ. not contemptible, Id. 6.13, Pl. Tht. 187c; in a question, Hdt. 7.48. Adv., οὐδὲ τῶν ξένων μεμπτῶς μαχεσαμένων Plu. Cleom. 28.

II throwing blame upon

Act., throwing blame upon, τινι S. Tr. 446, where μεμπτός is fem.

In the wild

μεμπτὸς · memptos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεμπτὸν · mempton Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9277)
μεμπτόν · mempton Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 272)
μεμπτός · memptos Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 951)
μεμπτόν · mempton Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 1020)
μεμπτός · memptos Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 405)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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