1. σπάῳ · spaōi — Beekes
to draw
The corpus record
σπάω
spao
to draw
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Distribution
- Judices (cod. Al.) 9 · 6.15/10k
- De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
- Paralipomenon I 6 · 4.51/10k
- On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
- Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
- On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
- Meditations 6 · 2.06/10k
Densest 12 of 45 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. σπάω · spaō — Chantraine
σπάομαι: S
3. σπάω · spaō — Frisk
σπάομαι (S
4. σπάω · spaō — LSJ
draw, having their, drawn, drew, pull, hoist away, pluck off, out
Attestations
- ἐσπάσατο · espasato Iliad 4.530
- ἐσπάσατʼ · espasatʼ Iliad 5.621
- σπάσεν · spasen Iliad 5.859
- σπάσσατο · spassato Iliad 11.240
- σπασθέντος · spasthentos Iliad 11.458
- ἔσπασεν · espasen Iliad 12.395
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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. 1429-1430; entry #5709 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1054; entry #7503 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1731-1732; entry #5304 Review: Under source audit
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