ἄγκος

agkos

bend, hollow

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20490
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22190
Odyssey 2
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4337
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17128

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγκος, εος, τό, properly, A. bend, hollow: hence, mountain glen, Il. 20.490, Od. 4.337, Hes. Op. 389, Hdt. 6.74, Theoc. 8.33, etc.; Trag. only E. Ba. 1051. (Cf. Skt. áñcati ‘bend’, Lat. ancus, uncus, etc.)

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