ῥόα

hroa

pomegranate-tree, Punica Granatum

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

35
Book 4 1
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491
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

64
Book 8 1
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8560
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

191
Odyssey 2
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Book 10 1
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10529
Book 22 1
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22197

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥόα, ἡ, Ion. and Ep. ῥοιή; later ῥοιά, Arist. Col. 796a21, Pr. 923b25, al., Thphr. HP 1.6.3, al., PHib. 1.121.57 (iii B.C.), Gal. 6.605:—

pomegranate-tree, Punica Granatum, Od. 7.115, IG ΙΙ(2).287 A 147 (ῥοαν), 155 (ῥοην) (Delos, iii B.C.).

II. the fruit, pomegranate, h.Cer. 372, 412, A. Fr. 363, Ar. V. 1268, Hermipp. 36, Pl. Lg. 845b, Thphr. HP 7.13.4, IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 44 (Delos, iii B.C.), Dsc. 1.110.

2. knob shaped like a pomegranate, ῥοιαὶ χρύσεαι, ἀργύρεαι, Hdt. 7.41; tassel of like shape, = ῥοΐσκος, LXX 3 Ki. 7.18, J. AJ 3.7.4, BJ 5.5.7.—Cf. σίδη. [Both ῥοά and ῥοιά are oxyt. acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.301, 2.271.]

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