The corpus record

μην-ῡτής

menutes · ὁ

bringing to light

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Laws 5 · 0.48/10k
History 7 · 0.47/10k

What it meant

μην-ῡτής · mēn-ytēs — LSJ

bringing to light

bringing to light, μ. χρόνος E. Hipp. 1051.

II one who brings information, informer

Subst., one who brings information, τοῖς μέλλουσιν ἀποθανεῖσθαι μ. γενέσθαι Lys. 12.32, cf. Jul. Or. 5.167b: mostly in legal sense, informer, Th. 1.132, etc.; as epith. of Heracles, Vit.Soph; ἀδικήματος Antipho 2.2.5; μ. κατά τινος Id. 5.24, And. 1.19, Lys. 13.2; κατὰ σαυτοῦ μ. ἐπὶ τοῖς συμβᾶσι γεγονώς D. 18.284; τῶν ἀποκτεινάντων Antipho 2.4.3; of a woman, Cratin. 428.

In the wild

μηνυτὰς · mēnytas Plato, Laws 917
μηνυτὴν · mēnytēn Plato, Laws 680
μηνυτής · mēnytēs Plato, Laws 809
μηνυτὰς · mēnytas Plato, Laws 870
μηνυτὴς · mēnytēs Plato, Laws 872
μηνυτής · mēnytēs Plato, Statesman 272

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