ἄψορρος

apsorros

going back, backwards

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 3 1
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3313
Book 4 1
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4152
Book 7 1
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7413
Book 12 1
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1274
Book 16 1
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16376
Book 21 2
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21382
21456
Book 24 1
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24330
Odyssey 4
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Book 9 2
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9282
9501
Book 10 1
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10558
Book 11 1
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1163

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄψορρος, ον, A. going back, backwards, ἄψορροι κίομεν Il. 21.456; ἄψορροι προτὶ Ἴλιον ἀπονέοντο 3.313; ἐκ δόμων ἄ. . . περᾷ S. Ant. 386, cf. OT 431: mostly in neut. ἄψορρον as Adv., backward, back again, ἄψορρον . . ἔβη Il. 7.413; ἄ. οἱ θυμὸς ἀγέρθη 4.152; ἄ. προσέφην Od. 9.282; ἄψορρον ἥξεις A. Pr. 1021, cf. S. El. 53; ὦ παῖδες, οὐκ ἄψορρον (sc. ἄπιτε); ib.1430; οὐκ ἄ. ἐκνεμῇ πόδα; Id. Aj. 369 (lyr.). (For ἄψ-ορσος, cf. παλίν-ορσος.)

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