ἐτώσιος

etosios

to no purpose, fruitless

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3368
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5854
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14407
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17633
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18104
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22292
Odyssey 3
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Book 22 2
Chapter ?

22256
22273
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24283

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐτώσιος, ον, (ἐτός A) Ep. Adj. A. to no purpose, fruitless, βέλος ὠκὺ ἐ. ἔκφυγε χειρός Il. 14.407; ἐτώσια πίπτει ἔραζε [βέλεα] 17.633; τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐ. θῆκεν Ἀθήνη made them fruitless, Od. 22.256; δῶρα δʼ ἐ. ταῦτα χαρίζεο 24.283; useless, unprofitable, ἐ. ἄχθος ἀρούρης Il. 18.104; ἐ. πόλλʼ ἀγορεύειν Hes. Op. 402; ἔργον ἐ. λιπεῖν to leave it undone, ib. 440; ἐτώσια χερσὶ προδεικνύς, i.e. making mere feints, not real blows, Theoc. 22.102: masc., first in Id. 25.236 (ὀϊστός): fem., Orph. L. 539: neut. ἐτώσιον, as Adv., Id. A. 700; pl., ἐτώσια γηράσκοντας A.R. 2.893, cf. Theoc. 1.38: regul. Adv. -ίως Sch.Ar. Ec. 246.

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