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πάομαι

paomai

get, acquire

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

πάομαι · paomai — LSJ

get, acquire, possess

get, acquire, πᾱσάμενος ἐπίτασσε, i.e. order your own slaves, Theoc. l.c.: chiefly used in pf. πέπᾱμαι, = κέκτημαι, possess, Pi. P. 8.73, Fr. 105, E. Ion 675, Ar. Av. 943 (lyr.), Leg.Gort. 9.43, SIG 1164 (Dodona), Foed. Delph. Pell. 2A 18, SIG 306.7 (Tegea, iv B. C.); 3 pl. πέπανται X. An. 3.3.18; inf. πεπᾶσθαι Sol. 13.7, E. Andr. 641, Theoc. 10.32, Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.7.62; part. πεπᾱμένος A. Ag. 835, X. An. 6.1.12 (written πεπεμμένος in error, IG 42(1).77.18 (Epid., ii B. C.)): plpf. ἐπεπάμην

In the wild

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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