ἀπορρώξ

aporrox

broken off, abrupt, sheer, precipitous

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9359
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10514
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1398
Iliad 1
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2755

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπορρώξ, ῶγος, ὁ, ἡ, (ἀπορρήγνυμι) A. broken off, abrupt, sheer, precipitous, ἀκταί Od. 13.98; πέτρα X. An. 6.4.3, cf. Arist. HA 611a21, Call. Lav.Pall. 41. 2. Subst., cliff, precipice, Plb. 7.6.3, etc.; ἀκμή AP 7.693 (Apollonid.); abyss, J. BJ 1.21.3. II. fem. Subst., piece broken off, Κώκυτός θʼ ὃς δὴ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν ἀ. branch of the Styx, Od. 10.514, cf. Il. 2.755; ἀλλὰ τόδʼ ἀμβροσίης καὶ νέκταρός ἐστιν ἀ. is an efflux, a distillation of nectar (ἀπόσταγμα Hsch.), Od. 9.359; ἀ. Ἐρινύων limb of the Furies, Ar. Lys. 811 (lyr.); ἡ δὲ προφητείη δίης φρενός ἐστιν ἀ. Orac. ap. Luc. Alex. 40; μελέων ὀλίγη τις ἀ. some small portion of melody, AP 7.571 (Leont.); ἀ. δραχμαίη portion of a drachmʼs weight, Nic. Th. 518; ἀπορρῶγες σπλάγχνου Aret. SD 1.10; ἀπορρὼξ τῆς πόλεως, of Samos, Demad. ap. Ath. 3.99d; μουνογενής τις ἀ. φύλου ἄνωθεν Χαλδαίων Orph. Fr. 247.23.

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