κῶας

koas

fleece

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 12
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

338
Book 16 1
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1647
Book 17 1
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1732
Book 19 3
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1958
1997
19101
Book 20 3
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203
2095
20142
Book 21 2
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21177
21182
Book 23 1
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23180
Iliad 1
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Book 9 1
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9661

Dictionary (LSJ)

κῶας, τό, in Hom. nom. acc. sg. κῶας; pl. κώεα, dat. κώεσι; later contr. κῶς (q.v.):—A. fleece, στόρεσαν λέχος, . . κώεά τε ῥῆγός τε Il. 9.661, cf. Od. 23.180; ἀδέψητον βοέην στόρεσʼ, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε κώεα πόλλʼ ὀΐων 20.3, cf. 142; χεῦεν ὕπο χλωρὰς ῥῶπας καὶ κῶας ὕπερθεν 16.47; φέρε δὴ δίφρον καὶ κῶας ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ 19.97; ἵδρυσεν παρὰ δαιτί κώεσιν ἐν μαλακοῖσι 3.38, cf. 17.32; of the Golden Fleece, κ. αἰγλᾶεν χρυσέῳ θυσάνῳ Pi. P. 4.231; ἔπλεον ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἐς Αἶαν Hdt. 7.193; μέγα κ. Mimn. 11.1; τὸ χρύσειον κ. Theoc. 13.16.—Cf. κῴδιον.

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