ἄναλκις

analkis

without strength, impotent, feeble

Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 15
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2201
Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5331
5349
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8153
Book 9 2
Chapter ?

935
941
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11390
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

13104
13777
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14126
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

1562
15326
Book 16 2
Chapter ?

16355
16656
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21555
Odyssey 5
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Book 3 2
Chapter ?

3310
3375
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4334
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9475
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17125

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄναλκις, ιδος, ὁ, ἡ: acc. -ιδα Il. 8.153, etc., but -ιν Od. 3.375, A. Ag. 1224: (ἀλκή):—A. without strength, impotent, feeble, of unwarlike men, ἀπτόλεμος καὶ ἄ. Il. 2.201, cf. 9.35; κακὸν καὶ ἀνάλκιδα 8.153, 14.126; of the suitors, Od. 4.334; of Aegisthus, 3.310, cf. A. Ag. 1224; of Aphrodite, Il. 5.331; also ἄ. θυμός 16.656; φύζα 15.62; ὁ πάντʼ ἄ. S. El. 301, cf. Hdt. 2.102.

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