δρυμός

drymos

copse, thicket

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 10 3
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10150
10197
10251
Iliad 1
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Book 11 1
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11118

Dictionary (LSJ)

δρυμός, ὁ,

copse, thicket, S. OT 1399, SIG 57.28 (Milet., v. B.C.), E. Hipp. 1127 (lyr.), Tab.Heracl. 1.19, PLille 5.13 (iii B. C.), LXX Ec. 2.6, Plb. 2.15.2, AP 7.544, etc.: pl., A. Fr. 304.10, Theoc. 1.117, AP 6.13 (Leon.), 9.4 (Cyllen.), 84 (Antiphan.), Plu. Comp.Per.Fab. 1.

II. Hom. has only pl., δρῠμά, τά, Il. 11.118, Od. 10.150, 197, 251, also in Simm. 15 (prob.); δρῡμά in late Ep., D.P. 492, Opp. C. 1.64.

III. δρυμός· φρούριον, Hsch., perh. in this sense in PPetr. 2p.140. (Cf. Skt. drumá- ‘tree’, Slav. drǔmǔ ‘thicketʼ: ῠ is original, ῡ borrowed from δρῦς.)

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