ἄχος
achos
pain, distress
Appears 65 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄχος [ᾰ], εος, τό, A. pain, distress, in always of mind, ἄχος αἰνόν, ἄλαστον, ἄτλητον, ὀξύ, Il. 4.169, al.; ἄχεος νεφέλη μέλαινα 17.591; ἄχεʼ ἄκριτα 3.412; τὸν δʼ εἷλεν ἄχος κραδίαν 10.85; also of physical ills, P. 3.50 (pl.); δειμάτων ἄχη Ch. 586 (lyr.); ἀκοῦ δʼ ἄχος, with a play on the words, Tr. 1035; οὐράνιʼ ἄχη Pers. 573 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ δʼ ἄχεʼ, ἄχεα κατέλιπε Ra. 1353 (paratrag.), cf. 1531 (hex.).— Rare in Prose, ἡ παῖς ἀπήγξατο ὑπὸ ἄχεος 2.131; ἄ. αὐτὸν ἔλαβεν Cyr. 5.5.6, cf. Cor. 20.
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