ὄγμος

ogmos

furrow

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

1168
Book 18 3
Chapter ?

18546
18552
18557

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄγμος, ὁ, A. furrow in ploughing, τοὶ δὲ στρέψασκον ἀνʼ ὄγμους Il. 18.546 ; πίονες ὄγμοι h.Cer. 455. 2. swathe in reaping, ὥς τʼ ἀμητῆρες ὄ. ἐλαύνωσιν Il. 11.68 ; δράγματα δʼ ἄλλα μετʼ ὄ. . . πῖπτον 18.552, cf. 557 ; ὄ. ἄγειν ὀρθόν Theoc. 10.2. 3. strip of cultivated land (written ὤγμος), PFay. 120.7 (ii A.D.), BGU 166.7 (ii A.D.). II. metaph., ὅ τε πλήθει μέγας ὄ. [the moonʼs] vast orbit is accomplished, h.Hom. 32.11 ; of the sun, Arat. 749 ; of a hippopotamus, παλίσσυτον ὄ. ἐλαύνων Nic. Th. 571 ; ὄ. κακῶν . . γήραος, i.e. wrinkled old age, Archil. 116 ; ὄ. ὀδόντων row of teeth, APl. 16.265, etc.

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