The corpus record

πάγχυ

pagchu

wholly, entirely

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Odyssey 12 · 1.38/10k
Iliad 14 · 1.26/10k
Histories 14 · 0.76/10k

What it meant — LSJ

wholly, entirely, fully

wholly, entirely, μάλα π. Il. 14.143; π. μάλα 12.165; π. λίην Od. 4.825; ἐπὶ π. λάθωνται, λαθέσθαι (where ἐπί belongs to the Verb), Il. 10.99, Hes. Op. 264; π. δʼ εὔμαρες σύνετον πόησαι πάντι τοῦτʼ Sapph. Supp. 5.5; π. δοκέειν or ἐλπίζειν think or hope fully that . . , Hdt. 1.31, 4.135, cf. Pi. P. 2.82, Epich. 99.3, Epic.Alex.Adesp. 8.3, Eus.Mynd. Fr. 63.— Rare in Trag., once in A., Th. 641 (trim.); also once in Ar., Ra. 1531 (hexam.): in late Prose, App. BC 2.2, Syr. 24.

In the wild

πάγχυ · panchy Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 639–641
πάγχυ · panchy Herodotus, Histories 1.31.1 (DIORISIS sentence 193)
πάγχυ · panchy Herodotus, Histories 1.54.1 (DIORISIS sentence 345)
πάγχυ · panchy Herodotus, Histories 3.157.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4069)
πάγχυ · panchy Herodotus, Histories 3.157.3 (DIORISIS sentence 4073)
πάγχυ · panchy Herodotus, Histories 3.27.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3060)

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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. πάγχυ (scan p. 1192; entry #4771). Root candidates: *navt-.
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πάγχυ (scan p. 1432; entry #4457).

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