εὐλή

eule

worm, maggot

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 19 1
Chapter ?

1926
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22509
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24414

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐλή, ἡ, A. worm, maggot, the larva of the fly (rarely in sg., AP 7.472.10 (Leon.)), different fr. ἕλμινς; Hom. only in Il., of worms bred in flesh, 19.26, 24.414, al.; ὑπʼ εὐλέων καταβρωθῆναι Hdt. 3.16, cf.4.205, Hp. Mul. 1.75, Pl. Ax. 365c, Arist. HA 506a30:—of common worms, Orph. L. 600.

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