λύθρον

lythron

defilement from blood, gore

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6268
Book 11 1
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11169
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20503
Odyssey 1
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Book 22 1
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22402

Dictionary (LSJ)

λύθρον, τό, or λύθρ-ος, ὁ, A. defilement from blood, gore, Hom., only in dat., λύθρῳ . . παλάσσετο χεῖρας Il. 11.169, 20.503; αἵματι καὶ λύθρῳ πεπαλαγμένος 6.268, Od. 22.402: masc. λύθρος AP 9.323 (Antip.), Ph. ap.Gal. 13.268, Poll. 1.46, M.Ant. 3.3, Jul. Or. 2.71a: the neut. λύθρον only in APl. 16.112: in Medic., of the impure blood in a womanʼs womb, Plu. 2.496b, 997a: pl., ἐκ μητρῴων λύθρων Hp. Ep. 17; of blood in general, M.Ant. 2.2; of the venom of the hydra, Euph. 50.2. [ῠ by nature, APl.l.c., Epigr.Gr. 314 (Smyrna).]

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