ἀλλόθροος

allothroos

speaking a strange tongue

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1183
Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3302
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1443
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15453

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλλόθροος, ον, contr. ἀλλό-θρους, ουν (as always in Trag.) A. speaking a strange tongue, ἐπʼ ἀλλοθρόους ἀνθρώπους, κατʼ ἀλλοθρόους ἀνθρ., Od. 1.183, 3.302, 15.453: generally, foreign, στρατός Hdt. 1.78 ; Αἴγυπτος Id. 3.11 ; πόλις A. Ag. 1200 ; strange, alien, γνώμη S. Tr. 844.—Not in Att.Prose.

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