1. παύω · pauō — Beekes
to withhold, hold back, arrest, stop (trans.)
The corpus record
παύω
pauo
to withhold, hold back, arrest, stop (trans.)
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Peace 24 · 30.12/10k
- Against The Corn-Dealers 3 · 26.71/10k
- Letter 3 1 · 23.81/10k
- Ichneutae 4 · 23.27/10k
- Olympic Oration 1 · 23.15/10k
- 1 Peter 3 · 17.4/10k
- On the Accession of Alexander 3 · 16.81/10k
- Lysistrata 13 · 16.39/10k
- Against Philocrates 1 · 15.13/10k
- Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys 1 · 13.35/10k
- Cleitophon 2 · 12.92/10k
- Wasps 12 · 12.34/10k
Densest 12 of 173 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. παύω · pauō — Chantraine
Hom
3. παύω · pauō — Frisk
ab-, zurückhalten, Einhalt gebieten, aufhören machen
4. παύω · pauō — Frisk
Lat
5. παύω · pauō — LSJ
make to end
Attestations
- παύσειεν · pauseien Iliad 1.192
- παύσουσα · pausousa Iliad 1.207
- παῦε · paue Iliad 1.282
- παύσαντο · pausanto Iliad 1.467
- παυσάμενοι · pausamenoi Iliad 2.100
- παύσαντο · pausanto Iliad 2.430
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1210; entry #4851 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 882; entry #6328 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1455; entry #4524 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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