1. μολύνω · molynō — Beekes
The corpus record
μολύνω
moluno
to defile, pollute, stain
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Where it lives
- Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
- Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
- Revelation 2 · 2.02/10k
- Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
- Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
- Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
- 1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
- Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. μολύνω · molynō — Chantraine
3. μολύνω · molynō — Frisk
4. μολύνω · molynō — LSJ
stain, sully, defile, τὴν ὑπήνην Ar. Eq. 1286; ἑαυτοὺς τῷ πηλῷ Arist. HA 571b18, cf. Theoc. 20.10; simply, sprinkle, ἀλεύρῳ Sotad.Com. 1.24; make a beast of, τινας (of Circe) Ar. Pl. 310; defile, debauch, παῖδα Theoc. 5.87: metaph., χεῖρας ἁρπαγῇ J. Vit. 47:—Pass., become vile, disgrace oneself, Isoc. 5.81; μετὰ γυναικῶν Apoc. 14.4; ὥσπερ θηρίον ὕειον ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ μολύνεσθαι wallow in ignorance, Pl. R. 535e; ὁ μολυνόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄψου Muson. Fr. 18b p.101 H.; ἡ συνείδησις αὐτῶν μολύνεται 1 Ep.Cor.
stain, dye, χιτωνίσκον αἵματι J. AJ 2.3.4:— Pass., ἔρια μεμολυσμένα ἄνθεσι ib. 3.6.1.
v. μωλύω.
5. μωλύνω · mōlynō — LSJ
In the wild
- μολύνων · molynōn Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 933)
- μολύνουσάν · molynousan Aristophanes, Plutus 2a (DIORISIS sentence 243)
- μολύνῃ · molynēi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5620)
- μολύνειν · molynein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6842)
- μολύνων · molynōn Epictetus, Discourses 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2252)
- μολύνεις · molyneis Epictetus, Discourses 2.9 (DIORISIS sentence 2340)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μολύνω (scan p. 1016; entry #4150).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μολύνω (scan pp. 727-728; entry #5380).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μολύνω (scan p. 1224; entry #3931).
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