ὀβελός

obelos

spit

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 8
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Book 3 2
Chapter ?

3462
3463
Book 12 2
Chapter ?

12365
12395
Book 14 3
Chapter ?

1475
1477
14430
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19422
Iliad 6
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1465
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2428
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7317
Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9210
9213
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24623

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀβελός, Dor. ὀδελός, ὁ, A. spit, ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν Il. 1.465, al., cf. Hdt. 2.41, 135, E. Cyc. 303 ; αἱματίου ὀβελὸς τρικώλιος SIG 1025.53 (Cos) ; ὀδελοί Epich. 79 ; κρῆς . . ἂν τὸν ὀδελὸν ἀμπεπαρμένον Megar. in Ar. Ach. 796 ; τὸ θερμὸν τοῦ ὀ., prov. of taking a thing by the wrong end, S. Fr. 814. 2. ὀ. λίθινος pointed square pillar, obelisk, Hdt. 2.111, 170, Jul. Ep. 59. 3. = ὀβολός, IG 12.6.95, al., Milet. 7.59 :—so in Dor. form ὀδελός, Leg.Gort. 2.14, GDI 5011.5 (Crete, iv B. C.), ib. 2561 D 27, al. (Delph., iv B. C.), etc. : Thess. ὀβελλός IG 9(2).1229.20. II. horizontal line,—(representation of an arrow acc. to Isid. Etym. 1.21.3), used as a critical mark to point out that a passage was spurious, Gal. 15.110, Luc. Pr.Im. 24, Sch.Il. ip.xliii Dind. ; with an asterisk to denote misplaced lines, ibid. ; but with one point below and one above, ὀ. περιεστιγμένος, in texts of Plato, denoted τὰς εἰκαίους ἀθετήσεις, D.L. 3.66.

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