γλουτός

gloutos

buttock

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

566
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8340
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13651

Dictionary (LSJ)

γλουτός, ὁ, A. buttock, γ. δεξιός Il. 5.66, cf. Hp. Fract. 13, Arist. HA 493a23: pl., Il. 8.340, Hdt. 4.9: dual, τὼ γλουτώ X. Eq. 7.2: heterocl. pl., γλουτά, τά, Sch.Theoc. 6.30. II. = σφαίρωμα τῆς κοτύλης, Hsch. (Cf. Skt. glaús ‘round lump’, Engl. clot.)

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