λαῖλαψ

lailaps

furious storm, hurricane

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4278
Book 11 2
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11306
11747
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12375
Book 16 2
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16365
16384
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

1757
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2051
Odyssey 6
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

968
Book 12 4
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12314
12400
12408
12426
Book 24 1
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2442

Dictionary (LSJ)

λαῖλαψ, ᾰπος, ἡ, A. furious storm, hurricane, βαῖνον ἐρεμνῇ λαίλαπι ἶσοι Il. 12.375; κελαινῇ λ. ἶσος 11.747; ἄνεμος σὺν λαίλαπι πολλῇ 17.57; Ζέφυρος βαθείῃ λ. τύπτων 11.306; Ζέφυρος μεγάλῃ σὺν λ. θύων Od. 12.408, cf. 426; ὅτε τε Ζεὺς λαίλαπα τείνῃ Il. 16.365; ὦρσεν ἔπι ζαῆν ἄνεμον . . λ. θεσπεσίῃ Od. 12.314, cf. 9.68; ὡς δʼ ὑπὸ λαίλαπι . . βέβριθε χθών Il. 16.384, cf. Semon. 1.15; Νότου λαίλαπι Anacr. 113; λαίλαπι χειμωνοτύπῳ A. Supp. 33 (anap.), cf. LXX Jb. 21.18, Plb. 30.11.6; acc. to Arist. Mu. 395a7, a whirlwind sweeping upwards: metaph., ἔτλης λαίλαπα δυσμενέων AP 7.147 (Arch.).—Not found in early Prose, but common later, cf. λ. ἀνέμου Ev.Marc. 4.37, Plu. Tim. 28; spelt λαῖλαμψ Sammelb. 4324.15:—a form λαιλαπετός, ὁ, occurs in Sch. A Il. 11.495, Hsch.

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