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frequency list

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 2:52 pm
by Bert
Is there a list available that shows how often Homer used a particular word?
It would help in determining how much effort to put into memorizing that word.

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:46 pm
by Colin
Perseus has what they call their vocabulary generator that I have found very useful.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vocab?lang=greek

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:43 pm
by 1%homeless
Homeric vocabularies by William Bishop Owen and Edgar Johnson Goodspeed :)

If I recall properly, it lists words that repeat 10 times or more. It covers words in both the Illiad and the Odyssey, I think... It is organized by word type like nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Also, it is organized by frequency too. Words that appear 1000-500, 500-200, 200-100, 100-50, etc. times. Not sure if those are the exact number ranges...