The corpus record

ὀνειροπολ-έω

oneiropoleo

dream, dream of, cheat by dreams

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Where it lives

First Philippic 1 · 3.05/10k
Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

ὀνειροπολ-έω · oneiropol-eō — LSJ

dream, dream of

dream, Pl. R. 534c, Ti. 52b ; ὀ. τι dream of a thing, ἵππους Ar. Nu. 16 ; ἱππικήν ib. 27 ; πολλὰ τοιαῦτʼ ὀνειροπολεῖ ἐν τῇ γνώμῃ builds many such ‘castles in the air’, D. 4.49 ; ὀ. τάλαντα Luc. Merc.Cond. 20:—Pass., -ποληθεὶς πλοῦτος Id. DMort. 15[5].2.

II cheat by dreams

cheat by dreams, Ar. Eq. 809.

III to be haunted in dreams

Pass., to be haunted in dreams, τινι by . . , D.S. 17.30, cf. 29.25 (abs.).

In the wild

ὀνειροπολεῖ · oneiropolei Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 12)
ὀνειροπολεῖ · oneiropolei Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 25)
ὀνειροπολεῖς · oneiropoleis Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 584)
ὀνειροπολεῖν · oneiropolein Demosthenes, First Philippic 49 (DIORISIS sentence 151)
ὀνειροπολοῦσιν · oneiropolousin Plato, Laws 904
ὀνειροπολοῦντα · oneiropolounta Plato, Republic 7.534 (DIORISIS sentence 4582)

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Where it came from

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