1. νιν · nin — Beekes
grandmother, mother-in-law(?)
The corpus record
νῐν
nin
grandmother, mother-in-law(?)
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Bacchae 29 · 38.56/10k
- Trachiniae 20 · 27.52/10k
- Libation Bearers 14 · 26.04/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 21 · 23.52/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 19 · 20.54/10k
- Trojan Women 14 · 19.78/10k
- Hecuba 14 · 19.55/10k
- Orestes 19 · 19.37/10k
- Phoenissae 18 · 18.65/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 15 · 18.08/10k
- Heracles 12 · 15.33/10k
- Agamemnon 12 · 14.79/10k
Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. νιν · nin — Chantraine
Voir μιν
3. νῐν · nin — LSJ
him, her, it
Attestations
- νιν · nin Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 309
- νιν · nin Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 729
- νιν · nin Aeschylus, Persians 111–114
- νιν · nin Aeschylus, Persians 845–848
- νιν · nin Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 46
- νιν · nin Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 55–56
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1073; entry #4356 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 772; entry #5668 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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