ἔθειρα

etheira

hair

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

842
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1324
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16795
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19382
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21347
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22315

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔθειρα, ἡ, A. hair, poet. Noun, Hom. only in Il., and always in pl., either of a horseʼs mane, 8.42; or of the horsehair crest on helmets, 16.795, 19.382. II. later sg., hair of the head, Pi. I. 5(4).9, A. Pers. 1062 (lyr.), E. Hel. 1124 (lyr.), Theoc. 5.91, etc.: also pl., h.Ven. 228, A. Ch. 175, E. Hel. 632, Euph. 23, IG 3.1376, etc.; of a lionʼs mane, Theoc. 25.244; porcupineʼs quills, Opp. C. 3.395; a birdʼs feathers, ib. 123; κρόκου θυόεσσαν ἔθειραν, of the filiform stigmas of the saffron, Mosch. 2.68.

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