The corpus record

τοπάζω

topazo

aim at, guess, divine

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Where it lives

Lovers 1 · 4.18/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
Laws 4 · 0.39/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

τοπάζω · topazō — LSJ

aim at, guess, divine, to put in a place

aim at, guess, divine, τὸ γὰρ τοπάζειν τοῦ σαφʼ εἰδέναι δίχα A. Ag. 1369; ἃ δὲ δόξῃ τοπάζω, ταῦτʼ ἰδεῖν σαφῶς θέλω S. Fr. 235; τοπάζετε Ar. V. 73; τ. περί τινος Pl. Tht. 155d: folld. by a relat. clause, ib. 151b; εἴτε . . , εἴτε μὴ . . Id. Chrm. 159a: folld. by acc. et inf., Id. Grg. 489d, Phdr. 228d:—Pass., νέον τι γίνεσθαι ἐτοπάσθη D.C. 78.25. (The literal sense to put in a place, given by Hsch., is not found in classical Gr.)

In the wild

τοπάζειν · topazein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1369
τοπάζετε · topazete Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 53)
τοπάσωμεν · topasōmen Plato, Charmides 159
τοπαζόμενα · topazomena Plato, Epinomis 976
τοπάζω · topazō Plato, Gorgias 489
τοπάζειν · topazein Plato, Laws 962

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Where it came from

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