ἐπασσύτερος

epassyteros

one upon another, one after another

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1383
Book 4 2
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4423
4427
Book 8 1
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8277
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12194
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16418
Odyssey 1
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Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16366

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπασσύτερος [ῠ], α, ον, Ep.Adj. A. one upon another, one after another, mostly in pl., ἐπασσύτεραι κίνυντο φάλαγγες Il. 4.427; πάντας ἐπασσυτέρους πέλασε χθονί 8.[277]; σκοποὶ ἷζον αἰὲν ἐπασσύτεροι watchers sat one after another, i.e. at short distances, Od. 16.366; τριηκοσίας πέτρας πέμπον ἐ. Hes. Th. 716; ἐ. ποσὶν ἕρπον Nic. Th. 717: and in sg., κῦμα . . ὄρνυτʼ ἐπασσύτερον wave upon wave, Il. 4.423. II. frequent, repeated, λυγμοί Nic. Th. 246: with sg. word, ἐ. οὖρος, perh. following breeze or ever-freshening, A.R. 1.579; and so ἐ. βιότοιο χρησμοσύνη ever-growing penury, Id. 2.472. (Perh. from ἐπ-αν (α) -ς (ε) υ-.)

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