1. μέριμνα · merimna — Beekes
care, concern
The corpus record
μέριμν-α
merimna
care, concern
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Distribution
- Seven Against Thebes 3 · 5.96/10k
- 1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
- Lovers 1 · 4.18/10k
- Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
- Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
- Clouds 3 · 3.12/10k
- Siracides 5 · 2.71/10k
- 2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
- Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μέριμνα · merimna — Beekes
care, concern, solicitude
3. μέριμνα · merimna — Chantraine
f
4. μέριμνα · merimna — Frisk
f
5. μέριμνα · merimna — Frisk
Pisani Paideia 19 (1964) 116 erwägt Dissimilation aus *uev-ı-uv-a (ZU μένος USW
6. μέριμν-α · merimn-a — LSJ
care, thought, solicitude
Attestations
- μερίμνας · merimnas Works and Days 178
- μερίμνας · merimnas Plotinus, Enneads 3.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1679)
- μερίμναις · merimnais Plotinus, Enneads 4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2458)
- μέριμνα · merimna Aeschylus, Persians 165–167
- μέριμναι · merimnai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 289–294
- μέριμνα · merimna Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 843
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