1. θέσφατος · thesphatos — Beekes
decreed by a god, decided
The corpus record
θέσφατος
thesphatos
decreed by a god, decided
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Iphigenia in Aulis 6 · 6.72/10k
- Phoenissae 6 · 6.22/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 5 · 6.03/10k
- Agamemnon 4 · 4.93/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
- Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
- Ion 3 · 3.28/10k
- Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- Knights 2 · 2.25/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. θέσφατος · thesphatos — Chantraine
«annoncé par les dieux, fixé par les dieux » (Hom
3. θέσφᾰτ-ος · thesphat-os — LSJ
spoken by God, decreed
Attestations
- θέσφατα · thesphata Iliad 5.64
- θέσφατόν · thesphaton Iliad 8.477
- θέσφατόν · thesphaton Odyssey 4.561
- θέσφατος · thesphatos Odyssey 7.143
- θέσφαθʼ · thesphathʼ Odyssey 9.507
- θέσφατόν · thesphaton Odyssey 10.473
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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 p. 591; entry #2559 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 447; entry #3133 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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