οἰνίζω

oinizo

resemble wine

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7472
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

8506
8546

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰνίζω (A), A. resemble wine, τὸ οἰνίζον Thphr. ap. Apollon. Mir. 43 ; οἰνίζουσαν τῇ ὀσμῇ Dsc. 1.13, cf. Gal. 14.13. II. Med., procure wine by barter, buy wine, οἰνίζοντο . . Ἀχαιοί, ἄλλοι μὲν χαλκῷ ἄλλοι δʼ αἴθωνι σιδήρῳ Il. 7.472 ; οἶνον μελίφρονα οἰνίζεσθε σῖτόν τʼ ἐκ μεγάρων 8.506, cf. 546 : in later Prose, ἐκ Λήμνου οἰ. Max.Tyr. 39.1 ; ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ Luc. VH 1.9.

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