ἐπικρατής

epikrates

master

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 16 2
Chapter ?

1667
1681
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23863

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπικρατής, ές, A. master of a thing: only Comp. -έστερος, τῇ μάχῃ superior in . . , Th. 6.88; -έστερός τινος γενόμενος having the upper hand of . . , D.C. 55.30; τὸ -έστερον φέρειν Memn. 34.3; κατὰ τὸ -έστερον with success, D.S. 37.2.—Hom. only in Adv. -τέως with overwhelming might, impetuously, Il. 16.67,81,23.863 (never in Od.); so Hes. Sc. 321, A.R. 1.367, etc.

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