ἀρητήρ

areter

one that prays

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 1 2
Chapter ?

111
194
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

578

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀρητήρ [ᾱ], ῆρος, ὁ, (ἀράομαι) A. one that prays: poet. for ἱερεύς (Arist. Po. 1457b35), priest, Il. 1.11, 5.78, al.; also in metr. Inscrr., IG 4.1007 (Epid.), 1538 (Apollo Maleatas), etc., cf. Orac. ap. Jul. Ep. 89.

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