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μηνίω

menio

cherish wrath, be wroth against

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Where it lives

Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μηνίω · mēniō — LSJ

cherish wrath, be wroth against, because of

cherish wrath, be wroth against, c. dat. pers., μήνιʼ Ἀχαιοῖσιν Il. 1.422; Ἀγαμέμνονι μήνιε δίῳ 18.257; Ἀθηναῖοι ὑμῖν μηνίουσι Hdt. 9.7.βʹ, cf. 5.84, 7.229: c. gen. rei, ἱρῶν μηνίσας because of . . , Il. 5.178; πατρὶ μηνίσας φόνου S. Ant. 1177; ἔργου ἕκατι τοῦδε μ. Id. Tr. 274; θεοῖς . . μηνίουσιν ἐς γένος Id. OC 965: c. acc. cogn., οὐδʼ ἃ μηνίεις φράσας ib. 1274: in Hom. mostly abs., and of heroes, μήνιʼ Ἀχιλλεύς Il. 12.10, etc.: rarely of common men, ὁ ξεῖνος δʼ εἴ περ μάλα μηνίει Od. 17.14: M

In the wild

μηνίεται · mēnietai Aeschylus, Eumenides 100–102
ἐμήνισεν · emēnisen Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2366)
ἐμήνισεν · emēnisen Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἐμήνισε · emēnise Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
μηνίσαντος · mēnisantos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2368)
μηνίων · mēniōn Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 281)

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