ἄκων

akon

involuntary, constrained

Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 17
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4137
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10335
Book 11 3
Chapter ?

11364
11552
11675
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12306
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14455
Book 15 3
Chapter ?

15282
15646
15709
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16361
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17661
Book 20 4
Chapter ?

20413
20451
20455
20486
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21590
Odyssey 5
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13225
Book 14 2
Chapter ?

14225
14531
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15192
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21340

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄκων (A), [ᾰ], οντος, ὁ, (ἀκή A) A. javelin, dart, smaller and lighter than ἔγχος, Il. 15.709, Od. 14.531, al., Pi. P. 9.20, E. Ph. 1402, etc.; in later Prose, Eratosth. Cat. 33, Aristid. Or. 26(14).84, Artem. 1.57, Ant.Lib. 41.5.

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