μῆτις

metis

wisdom, skill, craft

Appears 33 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 19
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Book 2 3
Chapter ?

2169
2407
2636
Book 7 3
Chapter ?

747
7324
7447
Book 9 2
Chapter ?

993
9423
Book 10 4
Chapter ?

1019
10137
10226
10497
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11200
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14107
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15509
Book 17 2
Chapter ?

17634
17712
Book 23 2
Chapter ?

23313
23590
Odyssey 14
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2279
Book 3 2
Chapter ?

318
3120
Book 4 2
Chapter ?

4678
4739
Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9414
9422
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10193
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

13303
13386
Book 19 2
Chapter ?

19158
19326
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2020
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23125

Dictionary (LSJ)

μῆτις, ἡ, gen. ιος Pi. N. 3.9; acc. pl. μήτιας h.Ven. 249; also gen. ιδος A. Supp. 61 (lyr.); acc. pl. ιδας Id. Ch. 626 (lyr.); dat. μήτιδι Orac. ap.Hdt. 7.141; Ep. μήτῑ for μήτιϊ, Hom. (v. infr.); pl. μητίεσσι Pi. O. 1.9; acc. μῆτιν Il. 2.407, S. Ant. 158 (lyr.):—A. wisdom, skill, craft, Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντος (cf. μητίετα) Il. l.c., al.; βροτείη μ. Emp. 2.9; τὰν Διὸς γὰρ οὐχ ὁρῶ μῆτιν, ὅπᾳ φύγοιμʼ ἄν A. Pr. 906 (lyr.); μήτι . . καὶ κέρδεσιν Od. 13.299; μήτι . . μέγʼ ἀμείνων ἠὲ βίηφι Il. 23.315; μῆτιν ἀλώπηξ a fox for craft, Pi. I. 4(3).47; of a poetʼs craft, Id.N.l.c. II. counsel, plan, undertaking, ὑφαίνειν μῆτιν Il. 7.324, cf. Od. 4.678, etc.: pl., σοφῶν μητίεσσι Pi. O.l.c.; γυναικοβούλους μήτιδας A. Ch.l.c.— Poet. word. (Cf. Skt. mimāti, pf. part. Pass.mitá- ‘measure’, Lat. metior, OE. mæþ ‘measure’.)

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