1. πυνθάνομαι · pynthanomai — Beekes
to find out, learn, ask, inquire, investigate
The corpus record
πυνθάνομαι
punthanomai
to find out, learn, ask, inquire, investigate
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Against Pancleon 3 · 38.96/10k
- Against The Corn-Dealers 3 · 26.71/10k
- Letter 3 1 · 23.81/10k
- Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 4 · 19.75/10k
- Letter 7 1 · 12.84/10k
- On the Murder of Eratosthenes 3 · 12.48/10k
- Letter 4 1 · 12.15/10k
- Libation Bearers 6 · 11.16/10k
- On A Wound By Premeditation 1 · 10.57/10k
- Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 2 · 9.93/10k
- Accusation of Calumny 1 · 9.67/10k
- Trachiniae 7 · 9.63/10k
Densest 12 of 132 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πυνθάνομαι · pynthanomai — Chantraine
Od
3. πυνθάνομαι · pynthanomai — LSJ
learn, by hearsay, by inquiry
Attestations
- πυθέσθαι · pythesthai Iliad 2.119
- πεπύθοιτʼ · pepythoitʼ Iliad 6.50
- πυθέσθαι · pythesthai Iliad 6.465
- πυθέσθαι · pythesthai Iliad 10.308
- πυθέσθαι · pythesthai Iliad 10.320
- πεπύθοιτʼ · pepythoitʼ Iliad 10.381
6 of 559 attestations shown. Ask for more.
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. 1309; entry #5237 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 971-972; entry #6859 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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