χήν

chen

wild goose, Anser cinereus

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 15 1
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15161
Book 19 4
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19536
19543
19548
19552
Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
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2460
Book 15 1
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15692
Book 17 1
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17460

Dictionary (LSJ)

χήν, ὁ and ἡ, Dor. χάν (q.v.), gen. χηνός: Ion. gen. pl. χηνῶν (not χηνέων) Hdt. 2.45; irreg. acc. pl. χένας AP 7.546:—A. wild goose, Anser cinereus, χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων Il. 2.460; χ. πλατυγίζων καὶ κεχηνώς Eub. 115, cf. Arist. HA 593b22; εἰ μὴ σὺ χηνὸς ἧπαρ ἢ ψυχὴν ἔχεις Eub. 101. 2. tame goose, χῆνʼ ἥρπαξʼ ἀτιταλλομένην ἐνὶ οἴκῳ Od. 15.174, cf. 161; χῆνές μοι κατὰ οἶκον ἐείκοσι πυρὸν ἔδουσιν 19.536; χ. τιθασός S. Fr. 866; ὥσπερ χῆνα σιτευτὸν . . ἔτρεφέ με Epigen.2; γάλακτι χηνός, of an unknown luxury, Eub. 90.5; ἥπατα χηνῶν Plu. 2.965a. 3. νὴ or μὰ τὸν χῆνα was Socrates’ oath, Ar. Av. 521 (anap., ubi v. Sch.), Cratin. 231, Zen. 5.81. (Cf. Skt. haṃsás, Lith. žąsìs, OHG. gans, all = goose.)

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