Herodotus, The Histories* 1.2.1

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44 lemmas; 61 tokens (195,372 in work)
word shortdef count work (freq.) corpus core
the 5 24,510 (1254.53) (1391.018) (1055.57)
οὗτος this; that 5 4,568 (233.81) (133.027) (121.95)
δέ but 3 8,036 (411.32) (249.629) (351.92)
Ἕλλην Hellen; Greek 3 555 (28.41) (2.754) (10.09)
γίγνομαι become, be born 2 1,353 (69.25) (53.204) (45.52)
εἰς into, to c. acc. 2 2,751 (140.81) (66.909) (80.34)
ἴσος equal to, the same as; adv. perhaps 2 47 (2.41) (9.107) (4.91)
μέν on the one hand, on the other hand 2 2,625 (134.36) (109.727) (118.8)
μετά (w gen) with, among; (w acc) after 2 407 (20.83) (21.235) (25.5)
ἀδίκημα a wrong done, a wrong 1 11 (0.56) (0.283) (0.49)
ἀδικία injustice 1 8 (0.41) (0.737) (0.96)
Αἴγυπτος Egypt (f.); king Aegyptus (m.) 1 249 (12.74) (1.466) (2.33)
αἴτιος to blame, blameworthy, culpable 1 43 (2.2) (5.786) (1.93)
ἁρπάζω to snatch away, carry off 1 25 (1.28) (0.507) (0.89)
ἄρχω (to be first) to rule, to begin 1 223 (11.41) (5.82) (8.27)
ἀφηγέομαι to lead from 1 23 (1.18) (0.062) (0.18)
ἀφικνέομαι to come to 1 516 (26.41) (2.347) (7.38)
βασιλεύς a king, chief 1 619 (31.68) (9.519) (15.15)
γάρ for 1 1,473 (75.39) (110.606) (74.4)
δεύτερος second 1 121 (6.19) (6.183) (3.08)
δή [interactional particle: S&H on same page] 1 1,365 (69.87) (17.728) (33.0)
εἰμί to be 1 3,724 (190.61) (217.261) (145.55)
Εὐρώπη Europa, Europe 1 59 (3.02) (0.254) (1.02)
ἔχω to have 1 1,127 (57.68) (48.945) (46.31)
θυγάτηρ a daughter 1 123 (6.3) (1.586) (2.79)
Ἰώ Io 1 6 (0.31) (0.078) (0.06)
καί and, also 1 7,607 (389.36) (544.579) (426.61)
Κρής a Cretan 1 12 (0.61) (0.198) (0.69)
λέγω to pick; to say 1 1,542 (78.93) (90.021) (57.06)
ὄνομα name 1 276 (14.13) (7.968) (4.46)
οὐ not 1 1,415 (72.43) (104.879) (82.22)
οὕτως so, in this manner 1 519 (26.56) (28.875) (14.91)
Πέρσης a Persian; Perses (pr.n.) 1 701 (35.88) (1.545) (6.16)
πρός (w. gen.) from; (w. dat.) at, near, in addition to; (w. acc.) to, toward, regarding 1 818 (41.87) (56.75) (56.58)
προσέχω to hold to, offer 1 24 (1.23) (1.101) (1.28)
πρότερος before, earlier 1 596 (30.51) (25.424) (23.72)
πρῶτος first 1 315 (16.12) (18.707) (16.57)
τις any one, any thing, some one, some thing; 1 798 (40.85) (97.86) (78.95)
Τύρος Tyre 1 5 (0.26) (0.174) (0.11)
φημί to say, to claim 1 343 (17.56) (36.921) (31.35)
Φοινίκη Phoenicia 1 17 (0.87) (0.18) (0.32)
ὡς as, how 1 1,497 (76.62) (68.814) (63.16)
ἄν modal particle 1 354 (18.12) (32.618) (38.42)
σφεῖς personal and (ind.) reflexive pronoun 1 1,122 (57.43) (3.117) (19.2)

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