μέλεος

meleos

idle, useless

Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 10
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Book 7 1
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7131
Book 10 1
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10480
Book 13 1
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13672
Book 16 3
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16110
16336
16607
Book 21 1
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21473
Book 23 3
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23689
23795
23880
Odyssey 7
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Book 5 1
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5416
Book 8 1
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8298
Book 10 1
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10393
Book 11 2
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11201
11600
Book 14 1
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14428
Book 15 1
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15354

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέλεος, α, ον, also ος, ον E. Or. 207 (lyr.):—A. idle, useless, οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ἑστάμεναι μέλεον σὺν τεύχεσιν Il. 10.480; μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁρμή Od. 5.416; οὐ μ. εἰρήσεται αἶνος Il. 23.795; μ. δέ οἱ εὖχος ἔδωκας a vaunt unearned, 21.473: neut. μέλεον as Adv., in vain, μέλεον δʼ ἠκόντισαν ἄμφω 16.336. II. after Hom., unhappy, miserable, ὦ μέλεοι, τί κάθησθε; Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140, etc.; μέλεος γάμων unhappy in marriage, A. Th. 779 (lyr.); ὤμοι ἐγὼ σοῦ μ. S. Tr. 972 (lyr.), cf. E. IT 868 (lyr.), Men. Epit. 470. 2. of acts, conditions, etc., ἔργα A. Ch. 1007 (anap.); θάνατοι, πάθα, Id. Th. 879 (anap.), S. Ant. 977 (lyr.); ὀνόματα Antiph. 209.8. [μέλεοι is disyll. in A. Th. 878 (lyr.), 945 (lyr.).]

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