ἀγρότερος

agroteros

wild

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2852
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11293
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12146
Book 21 2
Chapter ?

21471
21486
Odyssey 3
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6133
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11611
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17295

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγρότερος, α, ον, (ἀγρός; properly opp. ὀρέσ-τερος) poet. for ἄγριος, in Hom. always of A. wild animals, ἡμίονοι, σύες, αἶγες, Il. 2.852, 12.146, Od. 17.295; ἀγροτέρης ἐλάφοιο Hes. Sc. 407; φὴρ ἀ. Pi. P. 3.4: abs., ἀγρότεροι Theoc. 8.58; ἀ. καὶ νέποδες AP 6.11 (Satyr.). 2. of countrymen, AP 9.244 (Apollonid.), APl. 16.235 (Id.). 3. of plants, wild, AP 9.384.8, cf. Nic. Th. 711, Coluth. 111. II. (ἄγρα) fond of the chase, huntress, of the nymph Cyrene, Pi. P. 9.6: metaph., μέριμνα ἀ. Id. O. 2.60. 2. pr. n. Ἀγροτέρα, Artemis the huntress, Il. 21.471, X. Cyn. 6.13; worshipped at Agra in Attica, IG 2.467, Paus. 1.19.6; at Sparta and elsewhere, X. HG 4.2.20, Ar. Eq. 660, etc.

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