ἐτήτυμος

etetymos

true

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 10
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1174
Book 3 1
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3241
Book 4 2
Chapter ?

4157
4645
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13232
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14186
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

2362
Book 24 3
Chapter ?

24258
24297
24403
Iliad 4
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1558
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13111
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18128
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22438

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐτήτυμος, ον, poet. redupl. for ἔτυμος, A. true, οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅδε μῦθος ἐ. Od. 23.62; ἐ. ἄγγελος ἐλθών Il. 22.438; ἐτήτυμα μυθησαίμην Hes. Op. 10; τοῦτʼ ἀγόρευσον ἐτήτυμον tell me this true, Od. 1.174; τοῦτʼ ἐ.; c. inf., is this true, that . . ? A. Pers. 737 (troch.); εἰ λέγεις ἐτήτυμα S. Ph. 1290; τὸ δʼ ἐ. but the truth is . . , Ar. Pax 119. 2. of persons, truthful, οὐ ψευδόμαντις . . , ἀλλʼ ἐ. E. Or. 1667; ἐ. στόμα Id. IT 1085. 3. genuine, real, κείνῳ δʼ οὐκέτι νόστος ἐ. for him there remains no true, real return, Od. 3.241; ἀλάθεια, κλέος, Pi. O. 10(11).54, N. 7.63; ἐ. Διὸς κόρα A. Ch. 948; παῖς ἐ. γεγώς S. Tr. 1064; χρυσός Theoc. 12.37: in late Prose, Them. Or. 22.279d. II. as Adv., in neut. ἐτήτυμον, truly, really, Od. 4.157, Il. 13.111, 18.128, Archil. 62 : regul. Adv. -μως A. Ag. 167 (lyr.), 682 (lyr.); ὡς ἐ. S. El. 1452.

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