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μισέω

miseo

to hate, abhor

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Where it lives

1 John 5 · 23.52/10k
Proverbia 25 · 22.5/10k
Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
Against Ergocles 2 · 21.98/10k
For the Megalopolitans 4 · 21.6/10k
Malachias 3 · 21.6/10k
Lysis 15 · 21.58/10k
In Defense of Mantitheus 2 · 17.51/10k
Against Conon 5 · 15.77/10k
Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
On the Peace 12 · 15.16/10k
Euthyphro 7 · 13.54/10k

Densest 12 of 160 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. μισέω · miseō — Beekes

μισέω [v.] ‘to hate, abhor’ (Pi, 1A). VAR Aor. μισῆσαι (P 272), aor. pass. μισηθῆναι (Hdt.), fut. pass. μισήσομαι (E.), also τηθήσομαι (LXX), perf. μεμίση-κα, -μαι (Att.). «COMP Also with prefix, e.g. dta-, amo-. Very often as a first member (opposed to @iAo-), e.g. μισό-θεος ‘who hates the gods’ (A., Luc.), cf. Schwyzer: 442. *DER μίσημα [n.] ‘what is hated’ (trag.), μίσηθρον (-tpov) ‘charm producing hatred’ … — [Beekes, s.v. μισέω, p. 1008]

2. μισέω · miseō — Chantraine

μισέω : Pi., ion.-att., οἴα., aor. ἐμίσησα (JI. 17,272, ete.) aor. passif ἐμισήθην (ion.-att.), f. pass. μισήσομαι (att.) — [Chantraine, s.v. μισέω, p. 722]

3. μισέω · miseō — Frisk

μισέω (Pi., ion. att.), Aor. μισῆσαι (seit P 272), Pass. μισηϑῆναι (Hdt. usw.), Fut. Pass. μισήσομαι (ΕἸ. u.a.), -ηϑήσομαι (LXX usw.), Perf. μεμίση-κα, -uaı (att.), auch m. Präfix, z.B. δια-, ἀπο-, "hassen, verabscheuen’. Sehr oft als Vorderglied (Gegensatz φιλο-), z.B. μεσό-ϑεος “die Götter hassend’ (A. in1yr., Luk.), vgl. Schwyzer 442. — Davon μίσημα τι. "das Verhaßte, Gegenstand des Hasses’ (Trag.), μέσηϑρον … — [Frisk, s.v. μισέω, p. 1215]

4. μῑσ-έω · mis-eō — LSJ

hate, hated (would not suffer, hating, hate, to be hated

hate, once in Hom., c. acc. et inf., μίσησεν δʼ ἄρα μιν δηΐων κυσὶ κύρμα γενέσθαι Zeus hated (would not suffer) that he should become a prey . . , Il. 17.272; μισῶ φίλοισιν ὕστερον βοηδρομεῖν E. Rh. 333; οὐ μισοῦντʼ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν, τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγάλην εἶναι not hating that city, as not being . . , Ar. Av. 36; μισῶ λακωνίζειν I hate Laconizing, Eup. 351.1: but mostly c. acc., ὑβρίζοντα μισεῖν Pi. P. 4.284; μισοῦντʼ ἐμίσει S. Aj. 1134, etc.; θεῖον μισεῖ μῖσος . . με Men. Epit. 216; μ. τινὰ μῖσος ἐ

In the wild

μισεῖν · misein Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1068–1070
μισηθεῖσα · misētheisa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 45
μεμίσηκά · memisēka Aristophanes, Acharnians 1.300 (DIORISIS sentence 224)
μισῶ · misō Aristophanes, Acharnians *dikaio/polos (DIORISIS sentence 401)
μισῶ · misō Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1141)
μισοῦντʼ · misountʼ Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 26)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μισέω (scan p. 1008; entry #4113).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μισέω (scan p. 722; entry #5336).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μισέω (scan pp. 1215-1216; entry #3903).

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