λήϊον

leion

standing crop

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2147
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11560
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23599
Odyssey 1
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9134

Dictionary (LSJ)

λήϊον (A), Dor. λᾷον (q.v.), τό, A. standing crop, ὡς δʼ ὅτε κινήσῃ Ζέφυρος βαθὺ λ. Il. 2.147, al., cf. Hes. Sc. 288, Hdt. 1.19, Pherecr. 20 (pl.); τοῦ σίτου τὸ λ. Arist. HA 612a32; λ. σίτου βαθύ Arr. An. 1.4.1; λήϊά τε σταχύων IG 14.1389ii 10. 2. in later Poets, also, corn-field, Theoc. 10.42 (in Dor. form); ληΐου κόμῃ Babr. 88.3. 3. = λεία, booty, SIG 3g (Susa, from Didyma, v B.C.).

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