ἴδρις
idris
experienced, knowing, skilful
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἴδρις, gen. ἴδριος, Att. ἴδρεως, ὁ, ἡ, neut. ἴδρι: voc. ἴδρι AP 9.559 (), prob. in ib. 6.182 (): pl. ἴδριες; also ἴδριδα Fr. 1056, ἴδριδες 90 (= 22), cf. πολυ-ίδριδι 166 (but these forms are censured by 2.40): (οἶδα):—
‹ All lexicon entries poet. Adj. experienced, knowing, skilful, ἀνὴρ ἴδρις Od. 6.233: c. inf., ἴδριες . . νῆα θοὴν ἐνὶ πόντῳ ἐλαυνέμεν 7.108: c. gen.rei, πόνου καὶ ὀϊζύος Sc. 351; καλῶν O. 1.104; ἔργων 39, cf. Ag. 446 (lyr.), El. 608, Ichn. 124, Jov. 74, etc.: in late Prose, ἴ. τῶν οὐρανίων 4.19: with Preps., κατὰ γνώμαν ἴδρις OT 1087 (lyr.); οὐδὲν ἴδρις OC 525 (lyr.); ἐν πολέμοισι 857.
2. as Subst., the provident one, i.e. the ant, Op. 778.