μέροψ

merops

dividing the voice

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 9
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Book 1 1
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1250
Book 2 1
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2285
Book 3 1
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3402
Book 9 1
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9340
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

1128
Book 18 3
Chapter ?

18288
18342
18490
Book 20 1
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20217
Odyssey 2
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Book 20 2
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2049
20132

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέροψ, οπος, ὁ, poet. word, used only in pl. as epith. of men, derived by Gramm. from μείρομαι, ὄψ, A. dividing the voice, i. e. articulate (cf. Hsch., Sch.11.1.250), μ. ἄνθρωποι Il. l.c., Hes. Op. 109, etc.; μ. βροτοί 11.2.285; μερόπεσσι λαοῖς A. Supp. 90 (lyr.): hence as Subst., = ἄνθρωποι, Musae. Fr. 13 D., A. Ch. 1018 (anap.), E. IT 1263 (lyr.), A.R. 4.536, Call. Fr. 418, AP 7.563 (Paul. Sil.); a usage satirized by Strato Com., 1.6 sq. II. in sg. and pl., bee-eater, Merops apiaster, Arist. HA 615b25, Plu. 2.976d; cf. εἴροψ.

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