Herodotus, The Histories* 8.53.1

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54 lemmas; 76 tokens (195,372 in work)
word shortdef count work (freq.) corpus core
the 13 24,510 (1254.53) (1391.018) (1055.57)
τις any one, any thing, some one, some thing; 4 798 (40.85) (97.86) (78.95)
κατά down, against with gen.; according to, throughout with acc. 3 755 (38.64) (76.461) (54.75)
ἀναβαίνω to go up, mount, to go up to 2 54 (2.76) (1.13) (1.65)
δέ but 2 8,036 (411.32) (249.629) (351.92)
δή [interactional particle: S&H on same page] 2 1,365 (69.87) (17.728) (33.0)
οὔτε neither / nor 2 446 (22.83) (13.727) (16.2)
οὗτος this; that 2 4,568 (233.81) (133.027) (121.95)
ἀκρόπολις the upper city 1 40 (2.05) (0.277) (0.71)
ἄνθρωπος man, person, human 1 308 (15.76) (19.466) (11.67)
ἄνοδος having no road, impassable 1 4 (0.2) (0.102) (0.05)
ἄνοδος2 a way up 1 4 (0.2) (0.099) (0.05)
ἀπόκρημνος broken sheer off, precipitous 1 3 (0.15) (0.019) (0.04)
ἀποκρημνόω walk over a precipice 1 1 (0.05) (0.0) (0.01)
ἄπορος without passage 1 6 (0.31) (0.428) (0.47)
βάρβαρος barbarous 1 196 (10.03) (1.886) (4.07)
γάρ for 1 1,473 (75.39) (110.606) (74.4)
γίγνομαι become, be born 1 1,353 (69.25) (53.204) (45.52)
δεῖ it is necessary 1 104 (5.32) (13.387) (11.02)
δέω to bind, tie, fetter 1 229 (11.72) (17.994) (15.68)
δέω2 to lack, miss, stand in need of 1 226 (11.57) (17.692) (15.52)
ἐάν if 1 316 (16.17) (23.689) (20.31)
εἰμί to be 1 3,724 (190.61) (217.261) (145.55)
ἐκ from out of 1 1,155 (59.12) (54.157) (51.9)
ἐλπίζω to hope for, look for, expect 1 39 (2.0) (0.798) (1.28)
ἔμπροσθεν before, in front 1 19 (0.97) (1.891) (0.63)
ἐν in, among. c. dat. 1 1,798 (92.03) (118.207) (88.06)
ἔξοδος a going out; an exit 1 12 (0.61) (0.366) (0.69)
ἤπειρος terra-firma, the land 1 68 (3.48) (2.882) (1.73)
θεοπρόπιον a prophecy, oracle 1 17 (0.87) (0.017) (0.15)
θυγάτηρ a daughter 1 123 (6.3) (1.586) (2.79)
ἱερός super-human, mighty, divine, wonderful 1 269 (13.77) (1.875) (4.27)
καί and, also 1 7,607 (389.36) (544.579) (426.61)
καίτοι and indeed, and further; and yet 1 19 (0.97) (2.582) (1.38)
Κέκροψ Cecropian, Athenian 1 3 (0.15) (0.034) (0.04)
μή not 1 504 (25.8) (50.606) (37.36)
ὄπισθεν behind, at the back 1 29 (1.48) (0.723) (1.17)
ὅς who, that, which: relative pronoun 1 3,503 (179.3) (208.764) (194.16)
οὖν so, then, therefore 1 409 (20.93) (34.84) (23.41)
πᾶς all, the whole 1 1,182 (60.5) (59.665) (51.63)
περ precisely; w. pple. even though (later καίπερ) 1 249 (12.74) (1.314) (6.77)
Πέρσης a Persian; Perses (pr.n.) 1 701 (35.88) (1.545) (6.16)
πρό before 1 73 (3.74) (5.786) (4.33)
πύλη one wing of a pair of double gates 1 33 (1.69) (0.911) (2.03)
ταύτῃ in this way. 1 163 (8.34) (2.435) (2.94)
τῇ here, there 1 399 (20.42) (18.312) (12.5)
ὑπό from under, by, c. gen. under, c. dat., towards c. acc. 1 556 (28.46) (26.85) (24.12)
φαίνω to bring to light, make to appear 1 167 (8.55) (8.435) (8.04)
φυλάσσω to keep watch and ward, keep guard 1 78 (3.99) (2.518) (2.71)
χρόνος time 1 295 (15.1) (11.109) (9.36)
χῶρος a piece of ground, ground, place 1 129 (6.6) (0.303) (1.55)
χῶρος2 north-west wind 1 86 (4.4) (0.197) (0.99)
ποτε ever, sometime 1 67 (3.43) (7.502) (8.73)
Ἀττική Attica 1 20 (1.02) (0.076) (0.35)

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