βίοτος

biotos

life

Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 33
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Book 1 3
Chapter ?

1160
1287
1377
Book 2 5
Chapter ?

249
2123
2126
2142
2218
Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3301
Book 4 2
Chapter ?

490
4686
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5394
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11116
11490
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12328
Book 13 3
Chapter ?

13396
13419
13428
Book 14 3
Chapter ?

143
14377
14527
Book 15 3
Chapter ?

1532
15446
15456
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16384
Book 17 3
Chapter ?

17250
17378
17594
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18280
Book 19 2
Chapter ?

19159
19580
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

2178
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24536
Iliad 7
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4170
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5544
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

614
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7104
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13563
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14122
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16787

Dictionary (LSJ)

βίοτος, ὁ, Ep., A. = βίος I, life, βιότοιο τελευτή Il. 7.104, cf. Emp. 15.2, A. Pers. 360, al. II. = βίος II, means of living, substance, ναῖε δὲ δῶμα ἀφνειὸν βιότοιο Il. 14.122; β. κατακείρετε πολλόν Od. 4.686; γύαι φέρουσι β. ἄφθονον βροτοῖς A. Fr. 196; βιότου κτῆσις Ar. Av. 718, cf. Ec. 669:—in late Prose, PLond. 5.1889 (vi A.D.). III. = βίος III, the world, mankind, μνήμῃ βιότου παρέδωκεν Epigr.Gr. 319 (Philadelphia).

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