κῆτος

ketos

any sea-monster

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 4 3
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4443
4446
4452
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5421
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1297
Iliad 2
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1327
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20147

Dictionary (LSJ)

κῆτος, εος, τό, A. any sea-monster or huge fish, δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος Od. 12.97, cf. 5.421, Il. 20.147, Mosch. 2.116; of seals, Od. 4.446,452; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, E. Fr. 121, cf. Ar. Nu. 556, Th. 1033; of the tunny, Archestr. Fr. 34.3. 2. in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, Arist. HA 566b2, PA 669a8, 697a16. II. name of a constellation, Arat. 354, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20.

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