Πόσα ῥήματα δεῖ μαθεῖν;
Οἱ νῦν ἐπιστήμονες φράζουσιν ὅτι καταλαμβάνοντες 98% γραφῆς τινος, ἑκτικῶς ἀναγνωσόμεθα (οὐ μέντοι γ'ἔτι ὡς ἐμπειροτάτως), τὰ δὲ συχνότατα ῥήματα ὀλίγα περ ὄντα τὸ μέγιστον μέρος πληροῖ, ὥστε τοῖς 5% π.χ. τῶν ῥημάτων μαθοῦσι ἐκ τοῦ ῥητορικοῦ καταλόγου, 87% δύνατόν ἐστι καταλαβεῖν τῶν συγγραμμάτων. ὁπόσων δὲ ῥημάτων δεόμεθα ἐνθάδ' ἰδεῖν ἐστὶ κατὰ γένος·
All Genres
Tokens: 19,412,785.
Lemma count: 103,591.
L:T = 1:187.4
95% coverage: 9,631 lem. (9.3% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 21,194 lem. (20.5% of total lemmata).
Final word: δήω. 25 occurrences. To find, meet with.
Short-Form Poetry
Tokens: 327,419.
Lemma count: 22,441.
L:T = 1:14.6
95% coverage: 9,580 lem. (42.7% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 15,893 lem. (70.8% of total lemmata).
Authors: Alcaeus, Sappho, Alcman, Alexander of Aetolia, Anacreon, Anacreontea, Ananius,
the authors of the Anthologia Graeca, Archilocus, Ariphron, Bacchylides, Bion, Callinus,
Castorion, Corinna, Critias, Demodocus, Diagoras, Hipponax, Ibycus, Ion, Lamprocles,
Babrius, Callimachus, Lycophron, Mimnermus, Moschus, Phocylides, Pindar, Simonides,
Solon, Sophron, Stesichorus, Theocritus, Theognis, Timotheus, Tyrtaeus, Xenophanes.
Final word: εὐθυντήρ, ‐ῆρος, ὁ. 1 occurrence. A corrector, chastiser.
Novels
Tokens: 124,703.
Lemma count: 7,435
L:T = 1:16.7
95% coverage: 3,078 lem. (41.4% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 4,940 lem. (66.4% of total lemmata).
Authors: Achilles Tatius, Chariton, Longus, Xenophon.
Final word: ἀπρονόητος, ‐ον. 1 occurrence. Unpremedidated; unguarded; not exercising
providence.
History
Tokens: 4,250,850
Lemma count: 49,091.
L:T = 1:86.6
95% coverage: 7,306 lem. (14.9% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 15,199 lem. (31.0% of total lemmata).
Authors: Aelian, Appanius, Bion, Cassius Dio, Diodorus Siculus, Dionysius Halicarnassensis,
Eunapius, Herodian, Herodotus, Josephus, Pausanius, Polybius, Strabo, Theopompus,
Thucydides, Timaeus, Xanthus, Arrian, Xenophon.
Final word: ἀλόγημα, ‐ματος, τό. 8 occurrences. Miscalculation, error.
Oratory
Tokens: 2,457,048.
Lemma count: 23,041.
L:T = 1:106.6
95% coverage: 3,284 lem. (14.3% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 6,800 lem. (29.5% of total lemmata).
Authors: Aelius Aristides, Aeschines, Andocides, Antiphon, Demades, Demetrius,
Demosthenes, Dinarchus, Hyperides, Isaeus, Isocrates, Julian, Libianus, Lycurgus, Lysias,
Menander.
Final word: καπηλεύω. 11 occurrences. To drive a trade (extends to trafficking, hawking,
peddling, retailing...).
Biography
Tokens: 774,532.
Lemma count: 31,381.
L:T = 1:24.7
95% coverage: 10,905 lem. (34.8% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 18,226 lem. (58.1% of total lemmata).
Authors: Diogenes Laertius, Eunapius, Plutarch.
Final word: κατάχρησις, ‐εως, ἡ. 2 occurrences. Excessive use or consumption.
Descriptive Prose
Tokens: 859,942.
Lemma count: 31,175.
L:T = 1:27.6
95% coverage: 10,032 lem. (32.2% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 17,804 lem. (57.1% of total lemmata).
Authors: Aeneus Tacticus, Pseudo-Apollodorus, Asclepiodotus, Athenaeus, Callistratus,
Lucian, Onasander, Parthenius, Aelian, Aeschines, Alciphron.
Final word: ἀκάμας, ‐αντος, ὁ. 3 occurrences. Untiring.
Tragic Poetry
Tokens: 378,321
Lemma count: 18,505.
L:T = 1:20.4
95% coverage: 6,471 lem. (35.0% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 11,016 lem. (59.5% of total lemmata).
Authors: Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles.
Final word: φρενοδαλής, ‐ές. 2 occurrences. Ruining the mind.
Philosophy
Tokens: 5,252,733.
Lemma count: 44,495.
L:T = 1:118.1
95% coverage: 5,295 lem. (11.9% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 11,709 lem. (26.3% of total lemmata).
Authors: Aetius, Anaximenes, Aristotle, Democritus, Dio Chrysostomus, Epictetus,
Longinus, Marcus Aurelius, Maximus, Philo Judaeus, Philostratus, Philostratus Maior,
Philostratus Iunior, Plato, Plotinus, Porphyrius, Proclus, Sententiae Pythagoreorum, Sextus
Empiricus, Theophrastus.
Final word: πλεονέκτης, ‐ου, ὁ. 13 occurrences. A greedy person.
Epic Poetry
Tokens: 519,672.
Lemma count: 17,394.
L:T = 1:29.9
95% coverage: 6,360 lem. (36.6% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 9,847 lem. (56.6% of total lemmata).
Authors: Apollonius Rhodius, Hesiod, Homer, Nonnus, Quintus.
Final word: πῖλος, ‐ου, ὁ. 3 occurrences. Felt; a variety of items made of felt: helmet
lining, cap, shoe, cloth, cuirass, etc.
Comic Poetry
Tokens: 258,082.
Lemma count: 14,837.
L:T = 1:17.4
95% coverage: 6,204 lem. (41.8% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 9,675 lem. (65.2% of total lemmata).
Authors: Aristophanes, Crasinus, Diphilus, Eupolis, Herodas, Menander.
Final word: ἀνδραποδώνης, ‐ου, ὁ. 1 occurrence. Slave-dealer.
Mathematics
Tokens: 952,219.
Lemma count: 8,086.
L:T = 1:117.8
95% coverage: 944 lem. (11.7% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 1,904 lem. (23.5% of total lemata).
Authors: Apollonius, Archimedes, Diophantus, Euclid, Pappus, Theon.
Final word: ἰσοδυναμέω. 14 occurrences. To have equal power/the same properties.
Astronomy
Tokens: 83,649.
Lemma count: 4,094.
L:T = 1:20.4
95% coverage: 1,265 lem. (30.9% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 2,423 lem. (59.9% of total lemmata).
Authors: Aristarchus, Eudoxus, Theodosius.
Final word: ἀνάνευσις, ‐εως, ἡ. 1 occurrence. Return, revival; upward inclination or
motion.
Medicine
Tokens: 3,173,615.
Lemma count: 27,310.
L:T = 1:116.2
95% coverage: 3,941 lem. (14.4% of total lemmata).
98% coverage: 7,687 lem. (28.1% of total lemmata).
Authors: Diocles, Galen, Hippocrates, Corpus Hippocraticum.
Final word: ἐνερείδω. 13 occurrences. To thrust in, fix in (τί τινι); apply.
Συχνότης ἢ βολή;
ἔδειξα ἄνω πόσα ῥήματα μαθητέον ἐὰν τὰ συχνότατα μάθωμεν, ἀλλὰ μὴν χρησιμώτερόν μοι δοκεῖ ταῦτα τὴν μεγίστην βολὴν ἔχοντα μαθεῖν· τοῦτ' ἔστιν, οὐχ ἃ συχνοτάτως φαίνεται ἐν πᾶσι συγγραφεῦσι, ἀλλ' οἷς οἱ πλεῖστοι τῶν συγγραφέων χρῶνται, μὴ τὸ "σφυγμός," παραδείγματος χάριν, συχνοτάτως φαινόμενον εἰ καὶ ὀλίγοις (ζ') συγγραφεῦσι (ἐπὶ τὸ πλέον τοῖς ἰατρικοῖς), τῷ "χρηστὸς" παραταχθῇ τούτῳ χρωμένων πβ' συγγραφέων· κατὰ γὰρ συχνότητα χξα'τον τὸ "σφυγμὸς" καὶ χξβ'τον τὸ "χρηστὸς" κατατάσσεται τῷ καθολικῷ καταλόγῳ. καὶ κατὰ συχνότητα καὶ κατὰ βολὴν ἔξεστιν τάξαι τοὺς καταλόγους.
τὰ συγγράμματα ἐν τῷδε τῷ βλογ κατὰ βολὴν δηλοῖ δι' ὁπόσου κάτω τοῦ καταλόγου ἁθροίζονται τὰ ῥήματα.
Εὐλαβητέα
οἱ καθ' ἑκαστὸν τῶν συγγραφέων λογισμοὶ ἐκ τοῦ Thesaurus Linguae Graecae ἐσπάσθησαν, ἐνίοτε δ' ἁμαρτάνει τὰ ῥήματα γνωρίζον. ἔνια οὖν δὶς φαίνεται ἢ δυοῖν πτωσέοιν ἢ δυοῖν ἀριθμοῖν, ῥᾴδιον δὲ τοῦτο βλέπεται ὅταν γένηται.
καὶ τὰ στοιχεῖα ἢ ἀριθμοὺς ἢ γωνίας ἢ γραμμὰς σημαίνοντα οὐχ οἷός τ' ἦν ἀφελεῖν τῶν καταλόγων.
τὰ ὀνόματα ἀνθρώπων καὶ χώρων, ἃ "proper nouns" ἀγγλιστὶ καλεῖται, ἔνεστιν, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλέον ἐν τοῖς τῶν νέων γλωσσῶν καταλόγοις κατὰ συχνότητα.
πλείονα ἔστιν ἀναγνῶναι περὶ τῶν καταλόγων ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ θέσει:
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