ῥώψ

hrops

shrub, bush

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10166
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1449
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

1647

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥώψ (A), ἡ, gen. ῥωπός, A. shrub, bush, sg.only in Hsch., who has ῥώψ· βοτάνη ἁπαλή: elsewh. only in pl., underwood, brushwood, Od. 10.166, 14.49, 16.47; ῥῶπες εἰς σκέπην Lib. Or. 11.254; ἱμαντώδη φυτά, acc. to Eust. 1750.2.

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