αἶνος

ainos-2

tale, story

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 23 2
Chapter ?

23652
23795
Odyssey 2
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14508
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21110

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἶνος, ὁ, (αἰνέω) poet. and Ion. word, A. tale, story, Il. 23.652, Od. 14.508, A. Supp. 534 (lyr.); αἰνεῖν αἶνον to tell a tale, Id. Ag. 1483 (lyr.), S. Ph. 1380: esp. story with moral, fable, Hes. Op. 202, Archil. 86,89; ἄκουε δὴ τὸν αἶνον Call. Iamb. 1.211: generally, saying, proverb, παλαιὸς αἶ. E. Fr. 508, cf. Theoc. 14.43; riddle, Carm.Pop. 34. II. = Att. ἔπαινος, praise, Il. 23.795, Od. 21.110, Pi. N. 1.6; ἐπιτύμβιος αἶ. A. Ag. 1547, cf. 780, S. OC 707 (all lyr.); ἄξιος αἴνου μεγάλου Hdt. 7.107 (v.l. ἐπαίνου), cf. LXXPs. 8.2, al., Ev.Luc. 18.43. III. decree, resolution, τῶν Ἀχαιῶν IG 4.926 (Epid.); κατʼ αἶνον, opp. κατὰ ψήφισμα, SIG 672.15 (Delph.), cf. EM 36.16.

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