ἐρατεινός
erateinos
lovely
Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐρατεινός, ή, όν, A. lovely, in mostly of places, Il. 2.532, 5.210, al.; also of things, ἠνορέη, φιλότης, 6.156, Od. 23.300 ; ὕδωρ O. 6.85 ; εὐναί Fr. 122.7 : rarely of persons, and then mostly of women, ἐγείνατο παῖδʼ ἐρατεινήν Od. 4.13, cf.h.Cer. 423, Th. 136, 909 ; ὁμηλικίη ἐ. her lovely companions, Il. 3.175 ; of Polyphemus, οὐδʼ ἀρʼ ἔμελλʼ ἑτάροισι φανεὶς ἐ. ἔσεσθαι a welcome, glad sight to my comrades, Od. 9.230.—Ep.and Lyr.word : epith. of ὕδατα, Aër. 5.
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