γλήνη
glene
eyeball
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γλήνη, ἡ, A. eyeball, Il. 14.494, Od. 9.390; τὸ εἴδωλον τὸ ἐν τῇ ὄψει, Onom. 24, cf. 2.70; poet. eye, OT 1277; Φαέθων μονάδι γλήνᾳ παραυγεῖ 4.18. II. ἔρρε, κακὴ γ. Il. 8.164, perh. doll, plaything (since figures are reflected small in the pupil, cf. κόρη). III. socket of a joint, distd. from κοτύλη as being not so deep, 2.736. IV. honeycomb, 233, V. = γλίνη (q. v.), Gr.1.330.
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