βένθος

benthos

depth

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1358
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

1321
1332
Book 18 3
Chapter ?

1836
1838
1849
Odyssey 5
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

153
Book 4 2
Chapter ?

4386
4780
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

851
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17316

Dictionary (LSJ)

βένθος, εος, τό, poet., A. = βάθος, depth of the sea, κατὰ βένθος ἁλός Il. 18.38,49; ἁλὸς βένθοσδε Od. 4.780, 8.51: in pl., ὅστε θαλάσσης πάσης βένθεα οἶδεν 1.53; ἐν βένθεσσιν ἁλός Il. 1.358; βένθεσι λίμνης 13.21, 32; also βαθείης βένθεσιν ὕλης Od. 17.316: metaph., βένθεϊ σῆς κραδίης AP 5.273 (Paul. Sil.).—Used also by Emp. 35.3, al., Pi. O. 7.57, and in lyr., E. Fr. 304, Ar. Ra. 666. (Cf. βαθύς.)

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