γραῦς

graus

old woman

Appears 23 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 22
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1191
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2377
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

78
Book 18 2
Chapter ?

1827
18185
Book 19 7
Chapter ?

19346
19353
19361
19383
19386
19467
19503
Book 22 5
Chapter ?

22395
22411
22433
22481
22495
Book 23 3
Chapter ?

231
2333
23292
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

24211
24389
Iliad 1
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3386

Dictionary (LSJ)

γραῦς, gen. γρᾱός, ἡ: Ion. γρηῦς, γρηός, voc. γρηῦ: poet. also γρηΰς, voc. γρηΰ: barbarous voc. γρᾶο in Ar. Th. 1222: nom. pl. γρᾶες Ar. Fr. 350, Timocl. 25: acc. γραῦς E. Andr. 612, etc.:—Α. old woman, Hom., esp. in Od., 1.191, al., A. Eu. 38, etc.; γ. παλαιή Od. 19.346: prov., γραῶν ὕθλος old wives’ fables, Pl. Tht. 176b: with Subst., γ. γυνή E. Tr. 490, Ar. Th. 345, D. 19.283: Com., ὁ γραῦς of an old man, Ar. Th. 1214 cod. R. II. scum of boiled milk, Id. Pl. 1206, Arist. GA 743b7. III. sea-crab, Arist. HA 601a18 (as v.l.), Artem. 2.14. IV. kind of locust, γ. σέριφος Zen. 2.94.

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