ἐρεμνός

eremnos

murky, black, dark

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4167
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12375
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2051
Odyssey 2
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11606
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24106

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐρεμνός, ή, όν, (*ἐρεβ-νός, cf. Ἔρεβος) A. murky, black, dark, ἐρεμνὴν γαῖαν ἔδυτε Od. 24.106, cf. h.Merc. 427; ἐρεμνῇ νυκτὶ ἐοικώς Od. 11.606, cf. Sapph. Supp. 1.18 ; ἐρεμνῇ λαίλαπι ἶσοι Il. 12.375 ; ἐ. αἰγίς 4.167, Hes. Sc. 444 ; ἕσπερος A.R. 4.1289 ; ἐρεμνῇ ψακάδι φοινίας δρόσου, of bloodshed, A. Ag. 1390 ; ἐ. αἷμα S. Aj. 376(lyr.); Ἅιδου μυχοί prob. in E. Heracl. 218: metaph., ἐ. φάτις a dark, obscure rumour, S. Ant. 700 ; ἔρος ἐ. Ibyc. 1.

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