ἐπήτριμος

epetrimos

woven to, closely woven

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 18 2
Chapter ?

18211
18552
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19226

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπήτριμος, ον, (ἤτριον) prop. A. woven to, closely woven: hence, generally, close, thronged, πυρσοί τε φλεγέθουσιν ἐπήτριμοι torch upon torch, Il. 18.211; δράγματα . . ἐ. πῖπτον ἔραζε ib.552; λίην γὰρ πολλοὶ καὶ ἐπήτριμοι . . πίπτουσι too many one after another, 19.226, cf. A.R. 1.30, etc.: later in sg., κῦμα Q.S. 14.248; ὄχλος Opp. C. 3.382: neut. pl. as Adv., ib.1.322, al.

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