The corpus record

σεισμ-ός

seismos · ὁ

shaking, shock

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Where it lives

Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
De Mundo 6 · 9.46/10k
Against Apaturius 2 · 7.9/10k
Revelation 7 · 7.08/10k
Critias 3 · 6.07/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Matthew 4 · 2.23/10k
Timaeus 5 · 2.12/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Ezechiel 4 · 1.38/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σεισμ-ός · seism-os — LSJ

shaking, shock, earthquake

shaking, shock, γῆς σ. earthquake, E. HF 862, Th. 3.87; χθονός E. IT 1166: abs., Hdt. 4.28, 5.85, 7.129, S. OC 95, Ar. Ec. 791, Th. 1.23, etc.

2 shock, agitation, commotion, a shock

generally, shock, agitation, commotion, σ. τοῦ σώματος Pl. Phlb. 33e, cf. Ti. 88d; ἔξωθεν . . προσφέρειν τοῖς . . πάθεσι σεισμόν a shock, Id. Lg. 791a; σ. τῆς οὐρᾶς Poll. 5.61; σ. ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ Ev.Matt. 8.24.

3 blackmail, extortion

blackmail, extortion, Sammelb. 5675.13 (ii B.C.); συκοφάντεια καὶ σ. PPar. 15.67 (ii B.C.).

In the wild

σεισμὸς · seismos Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 642)
σεισμόν · seismon Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 241)
σεισμοί · seismoi Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 101)
σεισμοῦ · seismou Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 102)
σεισμοῖς · seismois Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 123)
σεισμοί · seismoi Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 163)

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Where it came from

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