μῆδος

medos

counsels, plans, arts

Appears 19 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 10
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2340
Book 3 3
Chapter ?

3202
3208
3212
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7278
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15467
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16120
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17325
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18363
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

2488
Odyssey 9
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

238
Book 6 2
Chapter ?

612
6129
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11202
11445
Book 18 2
Chapter ?

1867
1887
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2046
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22476

Dictionary (LSJ)

μῆδος (A), εος, τό, (μέδω) poet. Noun, only in pl. μήδεα, A. counsels, plans, arts, mostly with collat. notion of prudence or cunning, δόλους καὶ μ. πυκνά Il. 3.202; βουλαὶ . . μ. τʼ ἀνδρῶν 2.340; πεπνυμένα μ. εἰδώς 7.278, Od. 2.38; πυκινὰ φρεσὶ μ. ἔχοντες Il. 24.674; θεοῖς ἐναλίγκια μ. ἔχοντα Od. 13.89; μάχης μ. plans of fight, Il. 15.467, 16.120; μ. πατρός Hes. Th. 398; μήδεσιν ἀμοῖς Pi. P. 4.27, cf. 10.11; ἐπικότοισι μήδεσι A. Pr. 601 (lyr.); σός τε πόθος σά τε μ. longing for thee and thy counsels, Od. 11.202.

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