γουνός

gounos

high ground

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9534
Book 18 2
Chapter ?

1857
18438
Odyssey 3
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1193
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11193
11323

Dictionary (LSJ)

γουνός, ὁ, A. high ground, φυτὸν ὣς γουνῷ ἀλωῆς Il. 18.57; ἀνὰ γουνὸν ἀλωῆς οἰνοπέδοιο Od. 1.193, etc.; ἐκ Κρήτης ἐς γουνὸν Ἀθηνάων 11.323; τῆς Ἀττικῆς . . τὸν γ. τὸν Σουνιακόν Hdt. 4.99: pl., γουνοῖσιν Ἐλευθῆρος μεδέουσα Hes. Th. 54; γουνοῖσιν κατένασσε Νεμείης ib.329; ἐν γουνοῖς Ἀθανᾶν Pi. I. 4(3).25. (Expld. as τόπος γονιμώτατος by Sch.Il. l.c., but better as ὑψηλὸς τόπος (cf. γόνυ) Orion 38, EM 239.5.)

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