ἄλκιμος

alkimos

stout, brave

Appears 34 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 22
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3338
Book 5 1
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5529
Book 6 1
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6437
Book 10 2
Chapter ?

10110
10135
Book 11 2
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1143
11483
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1412
Book 15 1
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15482
Book 16 6
Chapter ?

16139
16209
16264
16278
16689
16827
Book 17 2
Chapter ?

17111
17177
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18455
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

1924
Book 20 1
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20169
Book 21 2
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21572
21586
Odyssey 12
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Book 1 2
Chapter ?

199
1302
Book 3 1
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3200
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10553
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15551
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

174
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20127
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

2134
Book 22 4
Chapter ?

2225
22125
22138
22232

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄλκιμος, ον, also η, ον S. Aj. 401: (ἀλκή):—A. stout, brave, of men and things, Τρῶες, ἔγχος, δοῦρε, Il. 11.483, 3.338, Od. 22.125; ἦτορ Callin. 1.10; θυμός Tyrt. 10.17; νέκυς Pi. Pae. 6.98; δράκων Epich. 60: Comp. -ώτερος Hdt. 1.79,103, Arist. HA 607a11, etc.: Sup. -ώτατος E. Ph. 743, Plb. 6.5.9; ἄ. τὰ πολεμικά Hdt. 3.4; ἐς ἀλκὴν ἄλκιμα ib. 110; ἄ. μάχη E. Heracl. 683:—prov., πάλαι ποτʼ ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι ‘times are changed’, Anacr. 85, Ar. Pl. 1002, Philostr. VS 1.22.4:—less common in Prose, Pl. R. 614b (with play on Ἀλκίνου), Arist. HA 628b6. II. fortifying, ὕδωρ Plu. 2.669b s.v.l.; giving succour, PMag.Leid.W. 14.10.

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