ἀτειρής

ateires

not to be rubbed

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 11
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

360
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5292
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7247
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1345
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1425
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15697
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17555
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18474
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19233
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20108
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22227
Odyssey 2
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11270
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13368

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀτειρής, ές, A. not to be rubbed or worn away, indestructible, in Hom. mostly of brass or iron, Il. 5.292, al. II. metaph., stubborn, unyielding, αἰεί τοι κραδίη πέλεκυς ὥς ἐστιν ἀ. ib.3.60, cf. 15.697; [Hercules] μένος αἰὲν ἀ. Od. 11.270; φωνή Il. 13.45, 17.555; ὄμματα Emp. 86; ἀτειρέσιν ἀκτίνεσσιν Id. 84.6; ἀγαθόν Pi. O. 2.36; of persons, κἀν μύθοισι καὶ ἐν προσόδοισιν ἀ. stubborn, Theoc. 23.6; ἀτειρὴς οἴνῳ AP 12.175 (Strat.); τὸ ἀτειρές stubbornness, Pl. Cra. 395b; Pythag. etym. of τριάς, Theol.Ar. 15.—In Archig. ap. Gal. 8.87 ἀτειρός. Adv., Comp. -ότερον Gal. 8.110, prob. in D.L. 6.99.

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