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Word Frequencies in Greek and Latin


Frequencies for pempô

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Corpus Words Instances Freq./10K Instances Freq./10K Instances Freq./10K

Greek Texts 4844028 3152 6.51 3081 6.36 3116.50 6.43

Greek Prose 4172940 2742 6.57 2719 6.52 2730.50 6.54

DDBDP Greek Texts 3515144 2591 7.37 2448 6.96 2519.50 7.17

Greek Poetry 671088 410 6.11 362 5.39 386 5.75

Greek Rhetoric 611183 176 2.88 172 2.81 174 2.85

Greek Drama 344198 254 7.38 232 6.74 243 7.06

Greek Tragedy 249401 224 8.98 206 8.26 215 8.62

Greek Hexameter 231322 105 4.54 85 3.67 95 4.11

		Maximum		Minimum		Weighted
Corpus	Words	Instances	Freq./10K	Instances	Freq./10K	Instances	Freq./10K
Aeschines	44356	24	5.41	24	5.41	24	5.41
Aeschylus	40104	48	11.97	43	10.72	45.50	11.35
Andocides	17424	3	1.72	3	1.72	3	1.72
Antiphon	18159	9	4.96	9	4.96	9	4.96
Apollonius Rhodius	38814	15	3.86	12	3.09	13.50	3.48
Appian	222458	413	18.57	412	18.52	412.50	18.54
Aristophanes	94797	30	3.16	26	2.74	28	2.95
Aristotle	303262	10	0.33	9	0.30	9.50	0.31
Bacchylides	4697	8	17.03	7	14.90	7.50	15.97
Callimachus	9538	4	4.19	4	4.19	4	4.19
Demades	2006	1	4.99	1	4.99	1	4.99
Demosthenes	294302	105	3.57	101	3.43	103	3.50
Dinarchus	10659	1	0.94	1	0.94	1	0.94
Diodorus	191882	96	5.00	94	4.90	95	4.95
Epictetus	84176	21	2.49	20	2.38	20.50	2.44
Euclid	152651	0	0	0	0	0	0
Euripides	147583	119	8.06	110	7.45	114.50	7.76
Flavius Josephus	467375	673	14.40	671	14.36	672	14.38
Herodotus	184921	254	13.74	252	13.63	253	13.68
Hesiod	16193	5	3.09	4	2.47	4.50	2.78
Homer	199047	94	4.72	75	3.77	84.50	4.25
Homeric Hymns	16082	6	3.73	6	3.73	6	3.73
Hyperides	11809	2	1.69	2	1.69	2	1.69
Isaeus	33315	2	0.60	2	0.60	2	0.60
Isocrates	111925	19	1.70	19	1.70	19	1.70
Lycurgus	10914	2	1.83	2	1.83	2	1.83
Lysias	56314	8	1.42	8	1.42	8	1.42
New Testament	137850	79	5.73	78	5.66	78.50	5.69
Old Oligarch	3195	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pausanias	218068	52	2.38	52	2.38	52	2.38
Pindar	21258	19	8.94	17	8.00	18	8.47
Plato	561388	69	1.23	68	1.21	68.50	1.22
Plutarch	74834	84	11.22	84	11.22	84	11.22
Polybius	311345	146	4.69	140	4.50	143	4.59
Pseudo-Apollodorus	35087	54	15.39	54	15.39	54	15.39
Sophocles	61714	57	9.24	53	8.59	55	8.91
Strabo	144158	57	3.95	57	3.95	57	3.95
Theocritus	21261	5	2.35	5	2.35	5	2.35
Theophrastus	6716	5	7.44	5	7.44	5	7.44
Thucydides	150116	203	13.52	202	13.46	202.50	13.49
Xenophon	312275	350	11.21	349	11.18	349.50	11.19