κόμπος

kompos

din, clash

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 2
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Book 11 1
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11417
Book 12 1
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12149
Odyssey 1
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Book 8 1
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8380

Dictionary (LSJ)

κόμπος (A), ὁ, A. din, clash, esp. such as is caused by the collision of two hard bodies, as when a boar whets his tusks, ὑπαὶ δέ τε κ. ὀδόντων γίγνεται Il. 11.417, 12.149; stamping of dancers’ feet, πολὺς δʼ ὑπὸ κ. ὀρώρει Od. 8.380; ringing of metal, E. Rh. 383 (anap., pl.). II. metaph., boast, vaunt, ὁ κ. οὐ κατʼ ἄνθρωπον φρονεῖ A. Th. 425, cf. 473, Ag. 613; οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κ., ἀλλὰ καὶ λίαν εἰρημένος Id. Pr. 1031; Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους ὑπερεχθαίρει S. Ant. 127 (anap.); κ. πάρεστι, i.e. I am proud of the deed, Id. Aj. 96: rare in Prose and Com., ὅρα μὴ μάτην κ. ὁ λόγος εἰρημένος ᾖ Hdt. 7.103; οὐ λόγων . . κ. τάδε, μᾶλλον ἤ ἔργων . . ἀλήθεια Th. 2.41; ἀλαζονεία καὶ κ. τοῦ ψηφίσματος Aeschin. 3.237; κ. κενοὶ ψοφοῦσιν Alex. 25.9; of rhetorical bombast, Epicur. Sent.Vat. 45. 2. rarely in good sense, praise, Pi. I. 1.43, 5(4).24. III. in pl., molar teeth, Hsch.

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