ὀφλισκάνω (ophliskano)

Where it lives

Against Onetor 2 2 · 21.05/10k
Against Aphobus 2 3 · 19.99/10k
Against Theomnestus 2 1 · 18.28/10k
Against Aphobus 3 6 · 15.48/10k
Against Theocrines 7 · 15.04/10k
Against Onetor 1 3 · 12.78/10k
For Polystratus 2 · 10.48/10k
Against Timocrates 14 · 9.59/10k
Against Phaenippus 2 · 9.01/10k
Against Boeotus 1 2 · 7.34/10k
Against Theomnestus 1 1 · 6.71/10k
Against Aristogeiton 2 1 · 5.95/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὀφλισκάνω · ophliskanō — LSJ

become a debtor, become liable to pay

become a debtor, prop. of one condemned to pay a fine, become liable to pay, ζημίαν E. Med. 581, etc.; χρήματα Lys. 20.14; πέντε τάλαντα Ar. Pax 172; χιλίας δραχμάς Pl. Ap. 36a; τὸ μείωμα εἴκοσι μνᾶς X. An. 5.8.1; τὴν ἐπωβελίαν Isoc. 18.12.

2 to be cast in, lose, to lose in, to let, go against one

δίκην ὀφλεῖν to be cast in a suit, lose oneʼs cause, δίκας ὤφληκα Ar. Nu. 34, cf. Av. 1457; ἤν τις ὄφλῃ παρὰ τοῖς ἄρχουσι δίκην τῳ Id. Ec. 655; ὀφλεῖν δίαιταν to lose in an arbitration, Is. 12.12 (prob. cj. for ὤφειλον codd.), D. 29.58, etc.; ἐρήμην ὀ. τὴν δίκην to let judgement go against one by default, Antipho 5.13; ἐξούλας ἢ γραφὰς ἢ ἐπιβολάς And. 1.73; κλοπῆς ἕνεκα τὰς εὐθύνας ὀ. Aeschin. 3.10.

3 to be cast, to be the losing party

abs., to be cast, to be the losing party, μέλλων ὀφλήσειν Ar. Nu. 777; κᾆτʼ ὀφλὼν ἀπέρχεται Id. Ach. 689, cf. Th. 3.70, Pl. Lg. 745a, PHal. 1.200 (iii B. C.); ὀφλεῖν τῷ δημοσίῳ ἐπί τινι for an offence, D. 39.14.

4

c. gen. criminis, ὀφλὼν ἁρπαγῆς τε καὶ κλοπῆς δίκην A. Ag. 534: without δίκην, ὠφληκὼς φόνου Pl. Lg. 874b; ὀ. τραύματος ἐκ προνοίας ib. 877c; ὀψὲ ὁδοῦ Id. Cra. 433a (s.v.l.); ὀ. κλοπῆς, δώρων, And. 1.74; ἀστρατείας, ἀποστασίου, D. 24.103, 25.65; but also

b

c. gen. poenae, θανάτου δίκην ὀ. Pl. Ap. 39b, Lg. 856d.

c

c. inf., ὦφλεν δύο τριήρεις καινὰς ἀποδοῦναι IG 2(2).1623.149.

d

c. part., ἄν τις ὄφλῃ φαρμακείαις τισὶ βλάπτων Pl. Lg. 845e.

II deserves, brings on oneself, incur

generally, of anything which one deserves or brings on oneself, αἰσχύνην, βλάβην ὀ., incur them, E. Hel. 67, Andr. 188; ὀ. γέλωτα to be laughed at, Id. Med. 404, Ar. Nu. 1035; τινι by one, E. Ba. 854; παρά τινι, πρός τινα, Pl. Phd. 117a, Hp.Ma. 282a.

2 incur a charge of, get a character for, drew upon himself the reproach

δειλίαν ὀ. incur a charge of cowardice, get a character for cowardice, δειλίην ὦφλε (v.l. ὤφλεε) πρὸς βασιλέος he drew upon himself the reproach of cowardice from the king, Hdt. 8.26, cf. E. Heracl. 985; μώρῳ μωρίαν ὀφλισκάνω S. Ant. 470, cf. E. Med. 1227, etc.; αὐθαδία τοι σκαιότητʼ ὀ. S. Ant. 1028; ἀπʼ ἐμᾶς φρενὸς οὔποτʼ ὀφλήσει κακίαν Id. OT 511 (lyr.); ἀμαθίαν ὀφλήσομεν E. Hec. 327, cf. Ion 443; μοχθηρίαν καὶ ἀδικίαν Pl. Ap. 39b; ἄνοιαν D. 1.26; αἰσχύνην Id. 2.3.

In the wild

ὀφλὼν · ophlōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 534–536
ὀφλὼν · ophlōn Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 508)
ὀφλὼν · ophlōn Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 508)
ὄφλῃ · ophlēi Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 655 (DIORISIS sentence 514)
ὦφλʼ · ōphlʼ Demosthenes, Against Androtion 34 (DIORISIS sentence 135)
ὄφλωμεν · ophlōmen Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 2 18 (DIORISIS sentence 67)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὀφλισκάνω (scan p. 1186; entry #4749).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀφλισκάνω (scan p. 859; entry #6177).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀφλισκάνω (scan p. 1425; entry #4433).

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