ἄϊστος

aistos

unseen

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 2
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Book 1 2
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1235
1242
Iliad 1
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14258

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄϊστος, ον, (ἰδεῖν) :—poet. Adj. A. unseen, καί κέ μʼ ἄ. ἀπʼ αἰθέρος ἔμβαλε πόντῳ Il. 14.258; κεῖνον μὲν ἄ. ἐποίησαν περὶ πάν των Od. 1.235; οἴχετʼ ἄ., ἄπυστος ib.242; ὤλετʼ ἄκλαυτος, ἄϊστος A. Eu. 565; βωμοὶ δʼ ἄϊστοι Id. Pers. 811; ἐν ἀΐστοις τελέθων Id. Ag. 466; ἀποτρέψειεν ἄϊστον ὕβριν (prolept.) Id. Supp. 881; ἄ. ἀείραο A.R. 4.746. Adv. ἀΐστως, θυμὸν ὄλεσσαν utterly, Man. 3.263, cf. 28. II. Act., unconscious of, ἄτας ἐμᾶς ἄϊστος E. Tr. 1314, cf. 1321.

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