1. ὀρφανός · orphanos — Beekes
The corpus record
ὀρφᾰνός
orphanos
orphaned, orphan
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Where it lives
- Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 3 · 16.4/10k
- Against Diogeiton 2 · 11.82/10k
- Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
- Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes 1 · 7.73/10k
- On the Confiscation of the Property Of The Brother Of Nicias 1 · 7.44/10k
- On the Scrutiny of Evandros 1 · 7.25/10k
- Malachias 1 · 7.2/10k
- Concerning the Team of Horses 2 · 6.9/10k
- Job 8 · 6/10k
- James 1 · 5.85/10k
- Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 1 · 5/10k
- Funeral Oration 2 · 4.92/10k
Densest 12 of 59 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. ὀρφανός · orphanos — Chantraine
3. ᾿Ορφανός · ᾿Orphanos — Chantraine
4. ὀρφανός · orphanos — Frisk
5. ὀρφᾰνός · orphanos — LSJ
orphan, without parents, fatherless, αἱ δʼ ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναί Od. 20.68 ; ὀ. τέκνα Hes. Op. 330 ; παῖδά τʼ ὀ. λιπεῖν S. Aj. 653 : as Subst., orphan, ἐπίκληροι καὶ ὀ. Lys. 26.12 ; ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ὀρφαναῖς Pl. Lg. 926c ; ὀρφανῶν κάκωσις Arist. Ath. 56.6, cf. IG 1(2).6.124: also in neut., εἰς ὀρφανὰ καὶ ἔρημα ὑβρίζειν Pl. Lg. 927c ; of animals, ὄρνις Ar. Av. 1361 ; ὀ. οἶκος, δόμος, S. Fr. 943, E. Alc. 657 : metaph., neglected, ἡ δέλτος ὀρφανὴ κεῖται Herod. 3.15 ; ὀρφανὰ κεῖται σκῦλα Epigr. ap. Paus. 1.1
c. gen., bereaved or bereft of,
of children, ὀ. πατρός reft of father, E. El. 914, 1010 ; τοῦ πατρὸς ὀ. D. 57.70 ; γονέων Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.293d, etc.
of parents, πότμον ὀρφανὸν γενεᾶς childless, Pi. O. 9.61 ; ὀ. παιδός, τέκνων, E. Hec. 149 (anap.), Fr. 332.6; νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν λέχος S. Ant. 425.
generally, ὀ. ἑτάρων Pi. I. 7(6).10, cf. Pl. Lg. 730d; νύμφας ἔθηκεν ὀρφανὰς ξυναόρων E. Or. 1136; ἐπιστήμης Pl. Alc. 2.147a ; κρατός Sosith. 2.20 ; ὀρφανοὶ ὕβριος free from insolence, Pi. I. 4(3).8(26) ; ψόφον . . Κασταλίας ὀρφανὸν ἀνδρῶν χορεύσιος Id. Pae. 6.9; ὀ. μαχᾶν, = ἀπόμαχος, Tim. Pers. 154 ; ὀρφανὴ βίου, i.e. poor, Herod. 3.39 ; ὀ. ἀγκίστρου κάλαμος AP 12.42 (Diosc.): Com. metaph., ὀ. ταρίχιον salt-fish without sauce, Pherecr. 22 (dub. l.). (A shorter form ὀρφο- appears in ὀρφο-βότης (
In the wild
- ὀρφανόν · orphanon Aristophanes, Birds 1360 (DIORISIS sentence 998)
- ὀρφανοὶ · orphanoi Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..24 (DIORISIS sentence 311)
- ὀρφανῶν · orphanōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..56 (DIORISIS sentence 681)
- ὀρφανῶν · orphanōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..56 (DIORISIS sentence 682)
- ὀρφανῶν · orphanōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..56 (DIORISIS sentence 684)
- ὀρφανὸς · orphanos Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 52 (DIORISIS sentence 181)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὀρφᾰνός (scan pp. 1164-1165; entry #4677).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀρφᾰνός (scan p. 846; entry #6071).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀρφᾰνός (scan p. 2290; entry #7756).
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