ἀταλός

atalos

tender, delicate

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18567
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20222
Odyssey 1
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

1139

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀταλός [ᾰτ], ή, όν, A. tender, delicate, of youthful persons, as of maidens, Od. 11.39; of fillies, Il. 20.222; ἀταλὰ φρονέοντες of young, gay spirit, 18.567, cf. Hes. Th. 989, h.Cer. 24; μάτηρ E. El. 699 (lyr.) (unless it = suckling her lamb); ἀ. χερσί, of the aged, tremulous, A. Pers. 537 (anap.): c. dat., ἀταλὸς πατρί, i.e. subject, amenable to him, Pi. N. 7.91. Adv. -λῶς Sch.Il. 5.271: Sup. -ώτατα, παίζει IG 1.492a.

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