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κυδρός

kydros

more lustily

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κυδρός, ά, όν, (κῦδος) A. = κυδάλιμος, in Hom. always in fem., as epith. of Hera and Leto, Διὸς κυδρὴ παράκοιτις Il. 18.184, Od. 11.580; of Pallas, h.Hom. 28.1; Δίκη Hes. Op. 257 (v.l. κυδνή) ; θεαί, of the Nymphs, A. Fr. 168 (hex.); rarely of a mortal woman, Od. 15.26: masc. first in h.Merc. 461, Alcm. 9; of a man, X. Ap. 29; of a horse, κυδρῷ τῷ σχήματι φέρεται Id. Eq. 10.16; κυδρότερον πίνειν to drink more lustily, Ion Eleg.2.10.—Poet. word, used once in Trag., and twice by X.—Besides regul. Comp. κυδρότερος Xenoph. 2.6, B. 1.54, we find κυδίων, -ιστος (v. κύδιστος), also κυδέστερος Plb. 3.96.7: Sup. κυδίστατος Nic. Th. 3; κυδότερος, -ότατος EM 543.29.
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