λυγρός
lygros
baneful, mournful
Appears 61 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λυγρός, ά, όν, A. baneful, mournful, ὄλεθρος, γῆρας, Il. 10.174, Od. 24. 250, etc.; ἄλγεα Il. 13.346; ἀνδροκτασίης ὕπο λυγρῆς 23.86; λ. δέος 74.4; ὀνίαν . . λύγραν (gen.pl.) Supp. 1.10; νεῖκος N. 8.25; μάχαι 10.68; πένθος Ch. 17; ὀργά ib.835 (lyr.); πόνοι, νόσος, OT 184 (lyr.), Ph. 1424, etc.; λυγρά bane, misery, Il. 24.531, Od. 14.226; ruin, 3.303; ἔξοχα λυγρὰ ἰδυῖα versed above all in banes, 11.432, cf. Th. 313; λυγρὰ νοεῦντες Op. 261. 2. with an act. force, σήματα λ. Il. 6.168; φάρμακα λυγρά, opp. ἐσθλά, baneful drugs, Od. 4.230, 10.236; γαστὴρ λυγρή the stomach that cause of bane, 17.473. 3. λ. εἵματα sorry garments, 16.457. II. of persons, baneful, mischievous, 9.454: more freq., sorry, i.e. weak, cowardly, Il. 13.119, 237, Od. 18.107, Fr. 361, Ant. 823 (Sup., lyr.). III. Adv. -ρῶς sorely, λυγρῶς πεπληγυῖα Il. 5.763. [ῠ by nature, N. 8.25, 4.73, etc.]
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