ἄλοχος
alochos
partner of oneʼs bed, wife
Appears 109 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄλοχος [ᾰ], ου, ἡ, (ἀ-copul., λέχος) poet., A. partner of oneʼs bed, wife, Il. 1.114, Od. 3.403, al., Pers. 63, OT 181, Fr. 543, etc., cf. Pol. 1253b7; ἄλοχον εἰς δόμους ἄγειν 13. 2. leman, concubine, Il. 9.336, Od. 4.623. II. (ἀ- priv.) unwedded, ἄ. οὖσα τὴν λοχείαν εἴληχε, of Artemis, Tht. 149b, cf. Porph.ad Il. 11.155.
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