ἀφραίνω

aphraino

to be foolish

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2258
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7109
Odyssey 1
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Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20360

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφραίνω, (ἄφρων)

to be foolish, Il. 2.258, 7.109, Od. 20.360, Phoc. 5.—Poet. and Hp. Gland. 12; later as a philosophic term, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.166, Plu. Stoic.rep. 2.1037d, S.E. M. 11.94, Plot. 5.8.3.

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