ἴκελος

ikelos

like, resembling

Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 10
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Book 2 1
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2478
Book 4 1
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486
Book 5 1
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5450
Book 11 1
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11467
Book 16 1
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1611
Book 18 1
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18591
Book 19 1
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19282
Book 24 3
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2480
24699
24758
Odyssey 7
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Book 4 1
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4249
Book 5 1
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554
Book 12 1
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12418
Book 13 1
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13157
Book 14 1
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14308
Book 17 1
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1737
Book 19 1
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1954

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἴκελος [ῐ], η, ον, poet. and Ion. form of εἴκελος, A. like, resembling, τινι Il. 11.467, al., Hes. Sc. 198, Sapph. Supp. 20b.1, B. Fr. 19, Hdt. 3.81, Hp. Epid. 3.4, Ar. Av. 575, Theoc. 2.51, etc.; ὀργαῖς ἀλωπέκων ἰ. like foxes in disposition, Pi. P. 2.77; ἐπιθυμίη κυνὶ ἰ. Democr. 224: c. gen., θέας ἰκέλαν dub. in Sapph. Supp. 25.4. Adv. ἰκέ-λως, c. dat., in the same way as, Hp. Gland. 8, Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.1.133.

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