ἐπηρεφής

eperephes

overhanging, beetling

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 2
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10131
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1259
Iliad 1
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Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1254

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπηρεφής, ές, A. overhanging, beetling, ἐπηρεφέας φύγε πέτρας νηῦς ἐμή Od. 10.131, cf. 12.59; κρημνοὶ ἐ. Il. 12.54; κότινος Theoc. 25.208. II. Pass., covered, sheltered, σίμβλοι Hes. Th. 598; ἐ. φολίδεσσι, of a dragon, A.R. 4.144; σπέος πέτρῃσιν ἐ. Id. 2.736; νήσους ἐ. δονάκεσσιν Simm. 1.8; κόρυμβοι ἐ. πετάλοισι Nic. Fr. 74.24, cf. Hld. 8.14.

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