κύρμα
kyrma
that which one meets with
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κύρμα, ατος, τό, (κύρω) A. that which one meets with or finds: hence, booty, prey, spoil, κ. γίγνομαι, c. dat., ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γένησθε Il. 5.488; κυσὶ κύρμα γενέσθαι 17.272; οἰωνοῖσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κ. γ. Od. 3.271; θήρεσσιν 5.473; φώκῃσι καὶ ἰχθύσι 15.480. II. of a person, one who gets booty, swindler, Av. 431.
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