ἀσκελής

askeles

dried up, withered, worn out

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 1 1
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168
Book 4 1
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4543
Book 10 1
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10463
Iliad 1
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Book 19 1
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1968

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσκελής, ές, (ἀ- euph., σκέλλω) A. dried up, withered, worn out, ἀσκελέες καὶ ἄθυμοι Od. 10.463. 2. neut. ἀσκελές as Adv., toughly, stubbornly, ἀ. αἰεί ib.1.68,4.543; ἀ. αὔτως Nic. Th. 278:—also ἀσκελέως αἰεί Il. 19.68. II. (ἀ- priv., σκέλος) without legs, Pl. Ti. 34a, Arist. GA 717b17. 2. (ἀ- copul., σκέλος) = ἰσοσκελής, even, of a balance, Nic. Th. 42.

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