ἦτορ
etor
heart
Appears 95 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἦτορ, τό, Ep. and Lyr. word, always in nom. or acc.; exc. dat. ἤτορι 37.6 codd. :—A. heart. ἐν ἐμοὶ αὐτῇ στήθεσι πάλλεται ἦ. ἀνὰ στόμα my heart beats up to my throat, Il. 22.452; the seat of life, life, φίλον ἦ. ὀλέσσαι 5.250, etc.; λύτο γούνατα καὶ φίλον ἦ. 21.114, etc.; ἀνέψυχον φίλον ἦ. 13.84; τὰς δʼ ἐσσυμένως λίπεν ἦ. 1.257 (v.l.): most freq., as the seat of feeling, passion, desire, etc., ἐγέλασσε δέ οἱ φίλον ἧ. Il. 21.389; κατεπλήγη φίλον ἦ. 3.31; ἄχεϊ βεβολημένος ἦ. 9.9; μινύθει δέ μοι ἔνδοθεν ἦ. Od. 4.467; ἐν δέ οἱ ἦ. χαίρει 4.169; βοᾷ <μοι> μελέων ἔντοσθεν ἦ. Pers. 991 (lyr.); ποτῆτος ἄσασθαι φίλον ἦ. Il. 19.307; ποθέουσα φίλον κατατήκομαι ἦ. Od. 19.136; εἰ δʼ ἄεθλα γαρύεν ἔλδεαι, φίλον ἦ. O. 1.4; Κύκλωπας ὑπέρβιον ἦ. ἔχοντας Th. 139; ἦ. ἄλκιμον N. 8.24 (so ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίῃ στένει ἄλκιμον ἦ. Il. 20.169); of the reasoning powers, ἐν δέ οἱ ἦ. στήθεσσιν . . διάνδιχα μερμήριξεν Il. 1.188, cf. 15.252; Ζηνὸς ἦ. λιταῖς ἔπεισε O. 2.79. (Cf. OHG. ādara, OE. æ[combacute]dre ‘vein’, pl. ‘kidneys’.)
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