ἀκιδνός

akidnos

weak, feeble

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5217
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8169
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18130

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκιδνός [ᾰ], ή, όν, Ep. and Ion., A. weak, feeble, Hom. only in Od., always in Comp., εἶδος ἀκιδνότερος 8.169, cf. 5.217, 18.130, cf. Nic. Th. 224; later in Posit., δμωαί Man. 2.178: Sup. -ότατον, βέλεμνον Nonn. D. 7.270; insipid, ἔδεσμα Archestr. Fr. 38 B. (s. v.l., καὶ κεδνόν Meineke, Brandt).—Ep. word, also in Hp., ἰατρός Praec. 8: δύναμις Nat.Puer. 30.

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