μηκάς

mekas

bleating one

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 9 3
Chapter ?

9124
9244
9341
Iliad 2
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11383
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

2331

Dictionary (LSJ)

μηκάς, άδος, ἡ, A. bleating one, in Hom. always of goats, in pl., μ. αἶγες Il. 11.383, Od. 9.124, 244, al., cf. Antiph. 1,52.8; also μ. ἄρνες E. Cyc. 189. II. as Subst., = αἴξ, S. Fr. 509, AP 9.123 (<Leon.>); λευκὴ μ. Luc. D DMeretr. 7.1: pl., Theoc. 1.87,5.100.

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