1. φρήν · phrēn — Beekes
midriff, also as the seat of mental activity, ‘sense, soul, spirit, mind, heart
The corpus record
φρήν
phren
midriff, also as the seat of mental activity, ‘sense, soul, spirit, mind, heart
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Libation Bearers 25 · 46.5/10k
- Agamemnon 25 · 30.82/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 14 · 29.03/10k
- Shield of Heracles 8 · 24.73/10k
- Prometheus Bound 14 · 23.81/10k
- Eumenides 12 · 22.89/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 11 · 21.85/10k
- Antigone 16 · 21.82/10k
- Persians 10 · 19.64/10k
- Odyssey 163 · 18.75/10k
- Iliad 178 · 15.96/10k
- Trojan Women 10 · 14.13/10k
Densest 12 of 63 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. φρήν · phrēn — Chantraine
f, δ
3. φρήν · phrēn — Chantraine
1228 — att
4. φρήν · phrēn — Frisk
Zwerchfell
5. φρήν · phrēn — Frisk
breathe
6. φρήν · phrēn — LSJ
midriff, heart, very heart
Attestations
- φρεσὶ · phresi Iliad 1.55
- φρένες · phrenes Iliad 1.103
- φρεσὶ · phresi Iliad 1.107
- φρένας · phrenas Iliad 1.115
- φρένα · phrena Iliad 1.193
- φρεσὶ · phresi Iliad 1.297
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Deep etymology
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- scan pp. 1641-1642; entry #6453
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- scan p. 1248; entry #8575
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- scan pp. 2013-2015; entry #5996
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