οἰοπόλος

oiopolos

lonely

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13473
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

1754
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19377
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24614
Odyssey 1
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11574

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰοπόλος, ον, (οἶος, πέλομαι) of places, A. lonely, ὄρεα Od. 11.574 ; χῶρος, σταθμός, Il. 13.473, 19.377 ; of persons, solitary, unaccompanied, δαίμων Pi. P. 4.28. II. (οἶς, -πόλος, cf. αἰπόλος) tending sheep, Ἄρτεμις Id. Dith. 2.19 ; Ἑρμῆς h.Merc. 314 ; Ἀπόλλων v.l. in Coluth. 309 ; θεαί, of the Hesperides, A.R. 4.1322, cf. 1413 ; Πάριν οἰοπόλοισιν ἐφεδριόωντα θοώκοις Coluth. 15. (Signf. I is alternatively derived from οἶς, πολέω (as if ‘sheep-traversedʼ) in Sch.Il. 13.473.)

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