ἀργεννός

argennos

white

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 3 1
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3141
Book 6 1
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6424
Book 18 1
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18529
Odyssey 1
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Book 17 1
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17472

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀργεννός, ή, όν, Aeol. for ἀργός, A. white, in Hom. almost always of sheep, ἀργεννῇς ὀΐεσσι Il. 6.424, etc.; of woollen cloths, ἀργεννῇσι καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσι 3.141; later, ἀ. μόσχοι E. IA 574 (lyr.); κρίνη Chaerem. 8, cf. AP 9.384.11; ὀθόναι ib.5.259 (Paul. Sil.); σέλα ib.9.46 (Antip. Thess.); γαῖα Opp. H. 1.795.

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