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κῦδος

kydos

glory, renown

Appears 78 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κῦδος, εος, τό, A. glory, renown, esp. in war, ὡς ἄν μοι τιμὴν . . καὶ κ. ἄρηαι Il. 16.84; ἐκ δὲ Διὸς τιμὴ καὶ κ. ὀπηδεῖ 17.251; Ἕκτορι κ. ὄπαζεν (sc. Ἀπόλλων) 16.730; ὁπποτέροισι πατὴρ Ζεὺς κ. ὀρέξῃ 5.33; κ. ἀρέσθαι to win glory, 12.407, etc.; κύδεϊ γαίων 1.405, 5.906; of a person, μέγα κ. Ἀχαιῶν glory of the Achaeans, of Odysseus, 9.673, Od. 12.184; of Nestor, Il. 14.42, Od. 3.79.—Ep. word, also in Alc. Supp. 23.13, Hdt. 7.8.αʹ, Democr. 215, Pi. P. 2.89, al., A. Th. 317 (lyr.), Pers. 455 (not in S. or E.); in a mock-heroic line, Ar. Eq. 200; never in Att. Prose.
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