1. Μολοσσός · Molossos — Chantraine
The corpus record
Μολοσσός
*molossos
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Where it lives
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Politics 2 · 0.31/10k
- History 2 · 0.13/10k
- Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
What it meant
2. Μολοσσός · Molossos — Chantraine
3. μολοσσός · molossos — Frisk
4. Μολοσσός · Molossos — LSJ
Molossian, ὄργανον Simon. 31; γάπεδα A. Pr. 829, cf. Hdt. 1.146, al.:—fem. Μολοσσίς, Att. Μολοττίς, ίδος, Poll. 5.39; ἡ Μολοσσίς (sc. γῆ) Molossia, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.297b: also Μολοσσία, ἡ, Pi. N. 7.38; Μολοσσικός, Att. Μολοττικός, ή, όν, χεῖρες S. Fr. 795; κύων M. a kind of wolf-dog used by shepherds, Ar. Th. 416.
μολοσσός, ὁ, in Metric, the foot _ _ _, D.H. Comp. 17, Heph. 3.2, 11.2.
In the wild
- Μολοσσὰ · Molossa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 829–834
- Μολοττῶν · Molottōn Aristotle, Politics 1310b (DIORISIS sentence 2081)
- Μολοττοὺς · Molottous Aristotle, Politics 1313a (DIORISIS sentence 2162)
- Μολοσσοὶ · Molossoi Herodotus, Histories 1.146.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1055)
- Μολοσσῶν · Molossōn Herodotus, Histories 6.127.4 (DIORISIS sentence 6940)
- Μολοσσῶν · Molossōn Thucydides, History 1.136.2 (DIORISIS sentence 852)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Μολοσσός (scan p. 726; entry #5373).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Μολοσσός (scan p. 2259; entry #7454).
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