ἀμέγαρτος

amegartos

unenviable

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 11 2
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11400
11407
Book 17 1
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17219
Book 21 1
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21362
Iliad 1
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Book 2 1
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2420

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμέγαρτος, ον, poet. Adj., (ἀ- priv., μεγαίρω) A. unenviable: 1. mostly of things or conditions, sad, melancholy, πόνος Il. 2.420; ἀνέμων . . ἀϋτμή Od. 11.400; μάχη Hes. Th. 666; ἀμέγαρτα κακῶν E. Hec. 192; πάθος Ar. Th. 1049 (lyr.), cf. A. Pr. 403. 2. undesirable, κρέα AP 11.60 (Paul. Sil.); ἄγρη, of fish which follow a wreck, Opp. H. 4.412. 3. of persons, unhappy, miserable, ἀμέγαρτε συβῶτα wretched swineherd! Od. 17.219; ἀμεγάρτων φῦλʼ ἀνθρώπων h.Merc. 542; ἀ. ποίμνα A. Supp. 642 (lyr.).

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