The corpus record

ψέγω

psego1

blame, censure

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Where it lives

Cleitophon 2 · 12.92/10k
Minos 2 · 7.01/10k
Agesilaus 5 · 6.8/10k
Enchiridion 3 · 6.05/10k
Rhetoric 20 · 4.65/10k
Phaedrus 6 · 3.61/10k
Protagoras 6 · 3.38/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 18 · 3.2/10k
Statesman 5 · 2.95/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Republic 21 · 2.36/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

blame, censure, there is, objection to, we find, fault with

blame, censure, τινα Thgn. l.c., A. Ag. 186 (lyr.), 1403; τι S. OC 977, etc.; λόγον δοῦναι . . περὶ ὧν ψέγουσι Pl. Tht. 177b; διά τι Id. Prt. 346c; ἐπί τινι X. HG 6.5.49: c. acc. rei, τὸ . . διδάσκειν Id. Eq. 6.5: c. dupl. acc., τίς ποτʼ ἐστὶν ὅν γʼ ἐγὼ ψέξαιμί τι; S. OC 1172; ἃ ψέγομεν τὸν Ἔρωτα Pl. Phdr. 243d; ταὐτὰ ψέγων καὶ ἐπαινῶν Id. Grg. 510c, cf. Lg. 634c; ψ. τινὰ ὅτι . . , εἰ . . , Isoc. Ep. 2.15, X. HG 6.5.51; τινα c. inf., Pl. R. 404d: c. acc. cogn., ψ. ψόγους Id. Grg. 483c:—Pass., ἡ

In the wild

ψέγειν · psegein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1403
ψέγων · psegōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 184–191
ψέγουσιν · psegousin Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
ʼψέγεται · ʼpsegetai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
ψέγομεν · psegomen Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
ψέγοιτο · psegoito Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2

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Where it came from

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