ἑκατόμβοιος

hekatomboios

worth a hundred oxen

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
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2449
Book 6 1
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6236
Book 21 1
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2179

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑκατόμβοιος, ον, (βοῦς) Α. worth a hundred oxen, Il. 2.449, etc.: expld. as worth 100 pieces of money, the ancient coins being stamped with an ox, Eust. 252.18, EM 320.47. II. ἑκατόμβοια (sc. ἱερά), τά, festival at which hecatombs were offered, SIG 36.36 (Delph., V B.C.), 82.6 (Delph., V B.C.), BCH 29.243 (Delos), IG 5(2).142 (Tegea), Str. 8.4.11 codd.: dat. Ἑκατομβούοις (sic) Schwyzer 91.19 (Argos).

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