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τεσσαράκοντα

tessarakonta · οἱ

forty, the Forty

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Where it lives

Against Spudias 5 · 25.8/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 6 · 19.34/10k
Apollodorus Against Callipus 4 · 19.11/10k
Esdras II 20 · 16.85/10k
Third Olynthiac 3 · 12.74/10k
Against Diogeiton 2 · 11.82/10k
Against Pantaenetus 4 · 10.74/10k
Esdras I 8 · 9.73/10k
Against Phaenippus 2 · 9.01/10k
Numeri 19 · 8.23/10k
Against Apaturius 2 · 7.9/10k
For Phormio 3 · 7.64/10k

Densest 12 of 79 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

τεσσᾰράκοντα · tessarakonta — LSJ

forty

forty, Il. 2.524, etc.

II the Forty, Forty

οἱ τ. the Forty, a body of justices who went round the Attic demes to hear all causes up to ten drachmae, Isoc. 15.237; also cases of assault, D. 37.33: changed from Thirty to Forty after the expulsion of the Thirty Tyrants, Arist. Ath. 53.1.

In the wild

τετταράκοντα · tettarakonta Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 597)
τετταράκοντα · tettarakonta Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 172)
τετταράκοντα · tettarakonta Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..29 (DIORISIS sentence 374)
τετταράκοντα · tettarakonta Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..29 (DIORISIS sentence 364)
τετταράκοντα · tettarakonta Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..31 (DIORISIS sentence 393)
τετταράκοντα · tettarakonta Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..42 (DIORISIS sentence 498)

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Where it came from

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