κλυτός

klytos

renowned, glorious

Appears 74 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κλυτός, ή, όν (but κλυτὸς Ἱπποδάμεια, κλυτὸς Ἀμφιτρίτη, Il. 2.742, Od. 5.422): (κλέω A):—A. renowned, glorious, in Ep., etc., freq.as epith. of gods and heroes, κ. ἐννοσίγαιος Il. 9.362; Ἀμφιγυήεις Hes. Op. 70; Ἑρμᾶς Pi. P. 9.59; Ἀθάνα B. 16.7; Νηρέος κόραι ib.101; Ἀχιλλεύς Il. 20.320; Ὀδυσεύς Od. 24.409; also κλυτὰ φῦλʼ ἀνθρώπων Il. 14.361; κ. ἔθνεα νεκρῶν Od. 10.526; ὄνομα κ. a glorious name, 9.364 (expld. by Sch. as the name by which one is called); of cities, etc., Ἄργος Il. 24.437; Ἰταλία S. Ant. 1118; πόλις E. IA 263. 2. of things, noble, splendid, ἄλσος Od. 6.321; δώματα Il. 2.854, etc.; λιμήν Od. 10.87, 15.472; αἰθήρ B. 16.73; ἀγγελίαν Pi. O. 14.21; ἐπικωμίαν ὄπα Id. P. 10.6; of animals, κ. μῆλα Od. 9.308; κλυτοῖς αἰπολίοις S. Aj. 375; κ. ὄρνις, = ἀλεκτρυών, Hsch., cj. in Nic. Fr. 68.2: freq. of the works of human skill, κλυτὰ ἔργα Od. 20.72; εἵματα 6.58; τεύχεα Il. 5.435; δαίς, ἀοιδαί, φόρμιγξ, Pi. O. 8.52 codd., N. 7.16, I. 2.2; ἔναρα S. Aj. 177; χρήματα Crates Theb. 10.6.—Used by Trag. only in lyr.
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