χῆτος

chetos

want, lack

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 6 1
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6463
Book 19 1
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19324
Odyssey 1
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Book 16 1
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1635

Dictionary (LSJ)

χῆτος, τό (only used in dat.), A. want, lack, c. gen. pers., χήτεϊ τοιοῦδʼ ἀνδρός from need of such a man, Il. 6.463; χήτεϊ τοιοῦδʼ υἷος 19.324; χήτει ἐνευναίων Od. 16.35; χήτεϊ λαῶν h.Ap. 78; χήτεϊ συμμάχων Hdt. 9.11; χήτει πρίνης Eup. 360; χήτει οἰκείων Pl. Phdr. 239d (referred to χῆτις by Tim. Lex.); χ. γνησίου κάλλους Ph. 2.266; ὀστῶν χ. Poll. 2.166; χ. [κόσμου], παραδείγματος, Them. Or. 24.306b, 4.62d; χ. χαλινοῦ καὶ ἡνιόχου Jul. Or. 2.50b; χήτεϊ . . νοήματος Orph. L. 76. (Cogn. with χῆρος.)

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