καλλίρροος

kallirroos

beautiful-flowing

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2752
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1233
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22147

Dictionary (LSJ)

καλλίρροος, ον, poet. also καλλίροος [ῐ] (contr. καλλίρους S. Fr. 649.39), A. beautiful-flowing, ὕδωρ, κρουνώ, Il. 2.752, 22.147; ποταμοῖο κατὰ στόμα καλλιρόοιο Od. 5.441; κρήνην καλλίροον 17.206; πηγή A. Pers. 201; Ὠκεανός Orph. Fr. 15: metaph., of the voice, καλλιρόοισι πνοαῖς Pi. O. 6.83:—fem., Καλλιρόη, one of the Oceanids, h.Cer. 419, Hes. Th. 288, etc. II. pr. n., Καλλιρρόη, a famous spring at Athens, later Ἐννεάκρουνος, Th. 2.15, Pl. Ax. 364a.

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