1. σμῆνος · smēnos — Beekes
beehive, skep
The corpus record
σμῆνος
smenos
beehive, skep
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Distribution
Senses
2. σμῆνος · smēnos — Chantraine
, 326,15, PI Rep. 557 ὁ, Arist.}« essaim d
3. σμῆνος · smēnos — Frisk
dor
4. σμῆνος · smēnos — LSJ
beehive, swarm of bees, swarm, crowd
Attestations
- σμήνεσσι · smēnessi Theogony 594–601
- σμήνεσιν · smēnesin Plato, Republic 7.520 (DIORISIS sentence 4245)
- σμήνους · smēnous Plato, Republic 8.552 (DIORISIS sentence 4900)
- σμῆνος · smēnos Plato, Republic 9.574 (DIORISIS sentence 5374)
- σμῆνος · smēnos Plato, Cratylus 401 (DIORISIS sentence 500)
- σμήνει · smēnei Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.54.1 (DIORISIS sentence 929)
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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 pp. 1418-1419; entry #5655 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1047; entry #7430 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1721; entry #5263 Review: Under source audit
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