νωλεμές

nolemes

without pause, unceasingly

Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νωλεμές, Adv. A. without pause, unceasingly, ν. αἰεί Il. 9.317, 17.385, Od. 16.191, etc. ; οἱ δʼ αἰεὶ . . ν. ἐγχρίμπτοντο Il. 17.413 : without αἰεί, μάχην ἀλίαστον ἔχουσι ν. 14.58 ; later, firmly, ν. ἐρρίζωθεν A.R. 2.605 :—also νωλεμέως, πόνον τʼ ἐχέμεν καὶ ὀϊζὺν ν. Il. 13.3 ; ν. ἐχέμεν persevere, 5.492 ; but ν. κτείνοντο they were murdered without pause, i.e. one after the other, Od. 11.413.—Ep. word, used by Tyrt. 5.5, 12.17.
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