μείλιχος

meilichos

gentle, kind

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17671
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19300
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24739
Odyssey 1
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Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15374

Dictionary (LSJ)

μείλιχος, ον, Aeol. μέλλιχος Hdn.Gr.2.302, cj. in Sapph. 100:— A. gentle, kind: I. in Il. always of persons, πᾶσιν γὰρ ἐπίστατο μ. εἶναι 17.671; μ. αἰεί 19.300, al.; epith. of Λητώ, Ὕπνος, Hes. Th. 406, 763: c. gen., Ἄρτεμις μ. ὠδίνων soother of . . , AP 6.242 (Crin.): Sup. μειλιχώτατος IG 7.115.1 (Megara): in late Prose, Jul. Or. 2.86a, al. II. of things, once in Od., οὐ μ. ἔστιν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτʼ ἔπος οὔτε τι ἔργον 15.374; μ. δῶρα h.Hom. 10.2; ἔπεα Hes. Th. 84; οἶνος Xenoph. 1.6; αἰών, ὀργά, Pi. P. 8.97, 9.43; τὸ μ. gentleness, Thgn. 365; τὰ μείλιχα joys, Pi. O. 1.30; μείλιχα μυθεῖσθαι Opp. C. 3.219. Adv. -χως, μυθεύμενος Semon. 7.18: neut. as Adv., μείλιχον ἀντιάαν A.R. 1.971.

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