ἀποφώλιος

apopholios

empty, vain, idle

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 4
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5182
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8177
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11249
Book 14 1
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14212

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποφώλιος, ον, acc. to the Ancients, A. = ἀνεμώλιος, μάταιος, empty, vain, idle, Hom. only in Od., νόον ἀποφώλιός ἐσσι 8.177; οὐκ ἀποφώλια εἰδώς 5.182; οὐκ ἀ. ἦα οὐδὲ φυγοπτόλεμος 14.212; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀ. εὐναὶ ἀθανάτων are not barren, 11.249; νέκυς ἀ. Opp. C. 3.447; ἀποφώλια μητιόων Man. 6.565; ῥέξουσʼ ἀποφώλια Orac. ap. Jul. Ep. 89; of the Minotaur, ξύμμικτον εἶδος κἀποφώλιον τρέφος a monstrous, hybrid birth, E. Fr. 996; in Nic. Al. 524 στομίων ἀ. ἆσθμα is expld. by Sch. χαλεπόν, but perh. there is a play on φωλεύοντα (φωλεός, cf. Eust.) which occurs just before. (Perh. from ἀποφεῖν (q.v.), cf. ἁμαρτωλός : ἁμαρτεῖν; Hsch. has ἀποφώλια· ἀποφίλια (i.e. -φύλια).)

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