The corpus record

μεστ-όω

mestoo

fill full of

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Where it lives

Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μεστ-όω · mest-oō — LSJ

fill full of, to be filled, full of

fill full of, c. gen. rei, ὀργῆς μ. τινά S. Ant. 280:—Pass., to be filled or full of, κτύπου Id. El. 713, cf. Ant. 420; of persons, παρρησίας μεστοῦσθαι καὶ ἐλευθερίας Pl. Lg. 649b; ὕβρεώς τε καὶ ἀδικίας ib. 713c: abs., Procop. Arc. 13; and in medic. sense, ἀγγεῖα μεμεστωμένα Gal. 1.394, cf. 8.932.

In the wild

μεμεστωμένοι · memestōmenoi New Testament, Acts 2.13 (DIORISIS sentence 28)
μεστοῖς · mestois Plato, Epistles 340
μεστοῦται · mestoutai Plato, Laws 649
μεστοῦσθαι · mestousthai Plato, Laws 713
μεστοῖς · mestois Plato, Republic 9.572 (DIORISIS sentence 5328)
μεστουμένου · mestoumenou Plotinus, Enneads 4.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2896)

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Where it came from

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