κενεών

keneon

hollow between ribs and hip, flank

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5284
5857
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11381
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16821
Odyssey 1
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Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22295

Dictionary (LSJ)

κενεών, ῶνος, ὁ, (κενός) A. hollow between ribs and hip, flank, Od. 22.295, Poll. 2.166, etc.; νείατον ἐς κενεῶνα, ὅθι ζωννύσκετο μίτρῃ Il. 5.857, cf. Hp. Prog. 8 (pl.); of horses, X. Eq. 12.8; of dogs, Id. Cyn. 4.1. 2. οἱ κ. τοῦ περιτοναίου the hollows of the peritonaeum, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.48.4. II. any hollow, hence periphr. οὐράνιοι AP 9.207; αἰθέριος, χθόνιος κ., Nonn. D. 13.453, 9.82; κενεὼν ἀρούρης ib.41.3; vacant space in a crowd, LXX 2 Ma. 14.44.

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