μέρμερος

mermeros

baneful

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8453
Book 10 3
Chapter ?

1048
10289
10524
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11502
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21217

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέρμερος, ον, A. baneful, Hom. (only in Il.) always in neut. pl., μέρμερα μητίσασθαι to devise mischief, 10.48; μ. ῥέζων 11.502; μ. μήσατο ἔργα 10.289, cf. 524; in Hom. always of warlike deeds, πολέμοιο μ. ἔργα 8.453; but μ. ῥέζων, of Zeus, Orph. Fr. 21a; μ. ἔργα γυναικῶν the ills that women work, Hes. Th. 603; μ. κακόν E. Rh. 509; βλάβη Lyc. 949; ἀδρανίη Nic. Th. 248. II. of persons, captious, fastidious, Pl. Hp.Ma. 290e; ἔθνος Λατίνων D.P. 350; μ. χρῆμα crafty creature, of a fox, Plu. 2.988a; of a hound, Opp. C. 1.490.— Ep. word, used in E. and Pl. ll. cc.

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