ἤνις

enis

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Dictionary (LSJ)

*ἤνις, ἡ, epith. of cows, of uncertain meaning (yearling, fr. ἔνος (c), acc. to EM 432.2, Hsch.), used by Hom. only in acc. sg. and pl.: gen. ἤνῐος A.R. 4.174:—βοῦς . . ἤνῑς ἠκέστας Il. 6.94,275,309; βοῦν ἤνιν εὐρυμέτωπον ἀδμήτην 10.292, Od. 3.382. (ἦνιν codd. and Ptol. Oroandae ap. Hdn.Gr.2.71; ἤνιν Tyrannioibid.: perh. a stem in ῑ.)

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