ὠμηστής

omestes

eating raw flesh

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11454
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2267
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

2482
24207

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὠμηστής, οῦ, Dor. ὠμησ-τάς, ὁ, (ὠμός, ἔδω) A. eating raw flesh, οἰωνοί Il. 11.454; κύνες 22.67, S. Ant. 697; ἰχθύες Il. 24.82; Κέρβερος Hes. Th. 311; λέων B. 12.46, Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.92.βʹ, A. Ag. 827 (as a noun, of a lion, AP 6.237 (Antist.)); αἰετός A.R. 2.1259; ὄφις (sc. Ἔχιδνα) ὠμηστής Hes. Th. 300; epith. of Dionysus, = ὠμάδιος I, AP 9.524.25, cf. Plu. 2.462b (of ἄκρατος). Adv. -τί Zonar. 2. savage, brutal, ὠ. καὶ ἄπιστος ἀνήρ Il. 24.207, cf. Plu. Ant. 24. (Aristarch. pronounced it ὠμησταί like ἀθληταί; Tyrannio ὠμῆσται like κομῆται, Sch.Il. 22.67.)

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