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ὄβριμος

obrimos

strong, mighty

Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄβριμος, ον, also α, ον E. Or. 1454 (lyr.) :—A. strong, mighty, epith. of Ares, Il. 5.845, al. ; of Achilles, 19.408 ; of Hector, 8.473 ; also of things, ὄ. ἔγχος 3.357, etc. ; ἄχθος Od. 9.233 ; θυρεός, λίθος, ib.241, 305 ; ὕδωρ Il. 4.453 ; ἐβρόντησε ὄβριμον he thundered mightily, Hes. Th. 839 ; ὄ. ἔργα deeds of might, Tyrt. 11.27.—Ep. word, rare in Trag., ἄνδρες ὄ. A. Th. 794 ; μῖσος ὄ. Id. Ag. 1411(lyr.) ; Ἰδαία μᾶτερ ὀ. E. l. c. —The form ὄμβριμος is a freq. f.l., as in Il. 5.845, al., Pi. O. 4.8,P. 9.27, A. Th.l. c. (Cf. βριμός· μέγας, χαλεπός, Hsch., to which ὄβριμος may be related as Ὀβριμώ [ῑ] Lyc. 698 to Βριμώ, Ὀβριαρεύς to Βριαρεύς, EM 346.41, and Ὀβριάρεως to Βριάρεως ; cf. also βρίμη, βριμάομαι, βριαρός.)
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