The corpus record

μηνίσκος

meniskos · ὁ

lunar crescent

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

μηνίσκος · mēniskos — LSJ

lunar crescent

Dim. of μείς, lunar crescent, Corn. ND 34.

II any crescent-shaped body

any crescent-shaped body, esp.

1 covering to protect the head of statues

covering to protect the head of statues, Ar. Av. 1114.

2 crescent-shaped figure, lune

Geom., crescent-shaped figure, lune, used in finding areas, Arist. APr. 69a33, SE 171b15, 172a3, Hero *Deff. 36; ὁ διὰ τῶν μ. τετραγωνισμός Simp. in Ph. 55.26.

3 crescent-shaped line of battle

crescent-shaped line of battle, Plb. 3.115.5.

4 neck-ornament

neck-ornament, IG 11(2).147 B 10 (Delos, iv B.C.), LXX Is. 3.19, Jd. 8.21, PRyl. 125.17 (i A.D.).

5 olla

= olla, Gloss.

In the wild

μηνίσκους · mēniskous Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 818)
μηνίσκων · mēniskōn Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1424)
μηνίσκους · mēniskous Septuaginta, Isaias 3
μηνίσκους · mēniskous Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 8

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.

Downloads

Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about μηνίσκος →