The corpus record

σεμνολογ-έω

semnologeo

speak solemnly, use fine phrases

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

σεμνολογ-έω · semnolog-eō — LSJ

speak solemnly, use fine phrases, talk in solemn phrases

speak solemnly, use fine phrases, ὡς οὐκ εἰδόσι Aeschin. 2.94; ἀμφί or περί τινος App. Hisp. 18, BC 1.9; τι περί τινος Luc. Sacr. 5:—also Med. σεμνολογέομαι, talk in solemn phrases, D. 19.255; νεανικῶς σ. τι Luc. Am. 50; τὸν Θησέα καὶ τὰ Μηδικὰ σ. Plu. Sull. 13.

In the wild

σεμνολογεῖ · semnologei Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.255 (DIORISIS sentence 893)
σεμνολογοῦσιν · semnologousin Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5558)
σεμνολογήσας · semnologēsas Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 7

Where it came from

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