1. νύσσω · nyssō — Beekes
to thrust, sting, pierce
The corpus record
νύσσω
nusso
to thrust, sting, pierce
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Iliad 25 · 2.24/10k
- Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
- Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
- Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
- Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
- Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
- John 1 · 0.65/10k
- Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
- Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. νύσσω · nyssō — Frisk
stoßen, stechen, durchstoßen
3. νύσσω · nyssō — LSJ
touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce
Attestations
- νύξʼ · nyxʼ Iliad 5.46
- νύξε · nyxe Iliad 5.579
- νύξεν · nyxen Iliad 7.260
- νύξʼ · nyxʼ Iliad 11.96
- νύξʼ · nyxʼ Iliad 11.235
- νύξε · nyxe Iliad 11.252
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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. 1079; entry #4379 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1301; entry #4129 Review: Under source audit
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