The corpus record

μομφή

momphe · ἡ

blame, reproof

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Where it lives

Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k

What it meant

μομφή · momphē — LSJ

blame, reproof, cause of complaint, blame

blame, reproof, Pi. N. 8.39; μομφῆς ἄτερ τέθνηκεν A. Th. 1015; cause of complaint, μομφὰν ἔχειν τινί Pi. I. 4(3).36; ἕν σοι μομφὴν ἔχω in one thing I blame thee, E. Or. 1069; μομφὰς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοις ἔχειν Id. Alc. 1009; πρός τινα μ. ἔχειν Ep.Col. 3.13: c. gen., μ. ἔχων ξυνοῦ δορός S. Aj. 180 (lyr.); ὧν ἕνεκα μ. ἔχει Ar. Pax 664.

In the wild

μομφῆς · momphēs Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1015–1017
μομφὴν · momphēn Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 471)
μομφάν · momphan Euripides, Ion *kre/ousa (DIORISIS sentence 567)
μομφὴν · momphēn Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 721)
μομφὰς · momphas Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 464)
μομφήν · momphēn New Testament, Colossians 3.12 (DIORISIS sentence 35)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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