ἀτερπής

aterpes

unpleasing, joyless

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 3
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Book 7 1
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7279
Book 10 1
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10124
Book 11 1
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1194
Iliad 1
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Book 19 1
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19354

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀτερπής, ές, A. unpleasing, joyless, λιμός Il. 19.354; of the nether world, νέκυας καὶ ἀτερπέα χῶρον Od. 11.94, etc.; πέτρῃς . . καὶ ἀτερπέῑ χώρῳ, of a rocky shore, 7.279; νούσων ἑσμός A. Supp. 685 (lyr.), cf.Pr. 31, Simon. 37.6; λόγοι E. El. 293; γῆρας Mosch. 4.114; ἀτερπέστερον ἐς ἀκρόασιν less attractive to the ear, Th. 1.22; ἦχοι ἀ., opp. ἐπιτερπεῖς, Phld. Po. 994.23, cf. Mus.p.82 K.; εἴ τις ὑπερβάλλοι τὸ μέτριον τὰ ἐπιτερπέστατα ἀτερπέστατα ἂν γίγνοιτο Democr. 233, cf. Ph. 1.396 (Sup.); of persons, ἀ. καὶ κακὸς ὀρχηστής Plu. Cor. 25. Adv. -πῶς, οὐκ ἀ. ἱστορείσθω Gal. 14.237; but ἀ. ζῆν without enjoyment, Plu. 2.1100d.

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