ἠλεός

eleos

distraught, crazed

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 2
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Book 2 1
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2243
Book 14 1
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14464
Iliad 1
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Book 15 1
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15128

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἠλεός, ή, όν, A. distraught, crazed, φρένας ἠλεέ Od. 2.243; in shorter form φρένας ἠλέ (perh. replacing Aeol. ἆλλε, written αλε), Il. 15.128; ἠλεὰ ῥέξας Call. Fr. 174, cf. 173: neut. pl., as Adv., foolishly, AP 7.639 (Antip.), Call. Aet. 3.1.66: Aeol. ἆλλος prob. in Sapph. 35, 110, dub. in ἀλλοφρονέω, ἀλλοφάσσω; cf. ἀλοσύνα (s.v. ἠλοσύνη). 2. Act., distracting, crazing, οἶνος Od. 14.464. II. ἀλεός [ᾰ], is cited from A. (Fr. 410) by Hsch. (ἀλαιός cod.), cf. Hdn.Gr.2.909, EM 59.45; cf. ἀλεόφρων· ὁ παράφρων ibid.: ἀλ<ε>ώσσειν· μωραίνειν, Hsch.

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