ἄκος

akos

cure, remedy

Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 9
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Book 9 1
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9427
Book 10 1
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1052
Book 14 1
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14110
Book 17 2
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17465
17491
Book 20 2
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20184
20385
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

2189
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22481
Iliad 6
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Book 1 2
Chapter ?

134
1512
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

422
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8459
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9250
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

1085

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄκος, εος, τό, (ἀκέομαι) A. cure, remedy, c. gen. rei, κακῶν Od. 22.481, etc.; νυμφικῶν ἑδωλίων A. Ch. 71; κύβους . . τερπνὸν ἀργίας ἄ. S. Fr. 479.4; κακὸν κακῷ διδοὺς ἄ. Id. Aj. 363: abs., ἄ. εὑρεῖν Il. 9.250; δίζησθαι, ἐξευρεῖν, ἐκπονεῖν, λαβεῖν, Hdt. 1.94, 4.187, A. Supp. 367, E. Ba. 327; ἄκη ποιεῖσθαι, c. dat., Pl. Lg. 910a: in medical sense, Hp. Acut. 1; by a medical metaph., ἄ. ἐντέμνειν, τέμνειν, A. Ag. 17, E. Andr. 121; ἄ. τομαῖον A. Ch. 539: ἄ. [ἔστι], c. inf., ἄ. γὰρ οὐδὲν τόνδε θρηνεῖσθαι it boots not to . . , Id. Pr. 43. 2. means of obtaining a thing, c. gen., σωτηρίας E. Hel. 1055.

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