Ἶρος
iros
Irus
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Ἶρος, ὁ, A. Irus, a name given by the suitors to the Ithacan beggar Arnaeus because he carried messages (cf. Ἶρις), Od. 18.5 sq.: hence, later as Appellat., an Irus, i.e. a beggar, Or. 18.140: pl., Ἶροι Nav. 24.
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