ὀλοφώϊος

olophoios

destructive, deadly

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 4 2
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4410
4460
Book 10 1
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10289
Book 17 1
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17248

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀλοφώϊος, ον, Ep. Adj. A. destructive, deadly, Hom. only in Od. and in neut. pl., ὀ. δήνεα pernicious arts or plots, 10.289 ; ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώς versed in pernicious arts, 4.460, 17.248 ; πάντα δέ τοι ἐρέω ὀλοφώϊα τοῖο γέροντος ib.410 ; in later Ep., λύκων ὀ. ἔρνος Theoc. 25.185 ; ὀ. ἰός Nic. Th. 327. (The notion of destruction, necessary in Theoc. and Nic. ll. cc., and assumed by Hsch., is perh. not certain in Hom., where ὀ. may mean simply deceptive, tricky : perh. akin to ἐλεφαίρομαι.)

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