1. τρέχω · trechō — Beekes
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τρέχω
trecho
to run, hurry
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Where it lives
- Galatians 3 · 13.73/10k
- Joel 2 · 12.99/10k
- 2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 5 · 7.11/10k
- Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
- Regnorum II 10 · 6.18/10k
- 1 Corinthians 4 · 5.92/10k
- Plutus 4 · 4.96/10k
- Acharnians 3 · 4.22/10k
- Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
- Categories 4 · 3.98/10k
- Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
Densest 12 of 75 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. τρέχω · trechō — Chantraine
3. τρέχω · trechō — Chantraine
4. τρέχω · trechō — Frisk
5. τρέχω · trechō — Frisk
6. τρέχω · trechō — LSJ
run, of men, ἰθὺς δράμε Od. 23.207, etc.; θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι Il. 18.599; τρέχει Ὅρκος ἅμα . . δίκῃσιν Hes. Op. 219; ᾤχεο τρέχων Epich. 37, 110 (τράχων cf. Ahrens); βαδίζειν καὶ τ. Pl. Grg. 468a; τρέχων, opp. βάδην, X. Cyr. 2.2.30; τ. χερσίν, οὐ ποδωκείᾳ σκελῶν A. Eu. 37: of horses, Il. 23.393, 520: the part. is freq. added to another Verb, τί οὐ τρέχων σὺ τὰς τραπέζας ἐκφέρεις; why do you not run and carry out . . ? Pl.Com. 69.2, cf. Pl. R. 327b; v. infr. 2.
of things, move quickly, τὸ δὲ [τρύπανον] τ. ἐμμενὲς αἰεί Od. 9.386, cf. Il. 14.413; ναῦς παρὰ γῆν ἔδραμεν Thgn. 856; πόλιν . . ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν S. Aj. 1083; τὸ δʼ ἐν ποσὶ τράχον ἴτω let what is now before me go trippingly, Pi. P. 8.32; ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἔδραμε . . σταγών A. Ag. 1121 (lyr.); ἔρις δραμοῦσα τοῦ προσωτάτω having run its course, S. Aj. 731; πυρετὸς . . ἥκει τρέχων has come quickly, Nicopho 12.
οἱ τρέχοντες a constellation rising with Libra, Antiochus ap. Teucrum in Boll Sphaera 58.
c. acc. loci, run over, ῥόθια πεδία E. Hel. 1117 (lyr.); ὁ ἵππος τ. καὶ πρανῆ καὶ ὄρεια X. Eq. 8.1:—in Att. Prose θέω seems to be more freq. in the pres., and in some phrases used exclusively, e.g. θεῖν δρόμῳ, v. θέω (A) II.1 and cf. Th. 3.111, X. An. 1.8.18.
c. acc. cogn., δραμεῖν ἀγῶνα, βῆμα, δίαυλον, δρόμον, run a course, a heat, E. El. 883, 954, Alex. 235, Men. 741, etc.; λαμπάδας, i. e. torch-races, IG 2(2).1028.14: freq. metaph., ἀγῶνα δρ. run a risk, E. Alc. 489, cf. IA 1455; ἀγῶνα θανάσιμον δραμούμενον Id. Or. 878; πολλοὺς ἀγῶνας δραμέονται περὶ σφέων αὐτῶν run for their life or safety, Hdt. 8.102; κινδύνων τὸν μέγιστον τ. D.H. 4.47; τὸν ὑπὲρ ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα, κίνδυνον ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς τ., Id. 7.48, 4.4; ἐσχάτην τρέχοντες ταύτην Plb. 1.87.3: sts. th
παρὰ ἓν πάλαισμα ἔδραμε νικᾶν he was within one fall or bout of carrying off the victory, Hdt. 9.33; cf. παρά C.III.5, τριάζω I.
commit, μηδʼ ἑτέρας δραμεῖν ἀταξίας ἢ ἀσελγίας PLond. 5.1711.34 (vi A. D.).
7. τρήχω · trēchō — LSJ
v. ταράσσω.
in later Ep., to be rough or uneven, pres. part. τρήχων Nic. Th. 72, 521: for τέτρηχα in this sense, v. ταράσσω III.
8. τρηχώ · trēchō — LSJ
a rough, stony country, v.l. in Nic. Th. 284.
In the wild
- τρέχω · trechō Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1245
- δραμών · dramōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 314
- ἔδραμε · edrame Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1121–1123
- τρέχω · trechō Aeschylus, Eumenides 34–37
- τρέχων · trechōn Aristophanes, Acharnians 1 (DIORISIS sentence 172)
- τρέχων · trechōn Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 143)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τρέχω (scan pp. 1557-1559; entry #6148). Root candidates: *tres-, *tors-, *tysto-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τρέχω (scan p. 1155; entry #8119). Root candidates: *dhregh-, *dhrogho-.
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τρέχω (scan p. 1899; entry #5741).
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