ἀγήραος

ageraos

ageless, undecaying

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5136
5218
Book 7 2
Chapter ?

794
7257
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23336
Iliad 4
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2447
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8539
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12323
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17444

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγήραος, ον, Att. contr. ἀγήρως, ων (of which Hom. uses nom. dual ἀγήρω (v. infr.), nom. sg. and acc. pl. ἀγήρως Od. 5.218, al.); acc. sg. ἀγήρων h.Cer. 242; ἀγήρω Hes. Th. 949, Jul. Or. 4.142b: nom. pl. ἀγήρῳ Hes. Th. 277; dat. ἀγήρῳς Ar. Av. 689:A. —ageless, undecaying, ἀθάνατος καὶ ἀγήρως ἤματα πάντα Il. 8.539; σὺ δʼ ἀθάνατος καὶ ἀ. Od. 5.218; ἀγήρω τʼ ἀθανάτω τε Il. 12.323, cf. Hes. Th. 949; ἀπήμαντος καὶ ἀ. ib.955; ἄνοσοι καὶ ἀ. Pi. Fr. 143; ἀ. χρόνῳ δυνάστας S. Ant. 608 (lyr.). 2. of things, once in Hom., of the aegis, Il. 2.447; κῦδος ἀ. Pi. P. 2.52; χάριν τʼ ἀγήρων ἕξομεν E. Supp. 1178: in Prose, τὸν ἀγήρων ἔπαινον Th. 2.43; ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀ. πάθος Pl. Phlb. 15d, etc.

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