ὠμοφάγος

omophagos

eating raw flesh, carnivorous

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5782
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7256
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11479
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15592
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16157

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὠμοφάγος (parox.), ον, A. eating raw flesh, carnivorous, of savage beasts, λέοντες, θῶες, λύκοι, Il. 5.782, 11.479, 16.157; θῆρες h.Ven. 124; of the Centaurs, Thgn. 542; of savage men, Th. 3.94, Str. 15.1.57, Porph. Abst. 1.13; of certain daemons, ὠμοφάγοι χθόνιοι PMag.Par. 1.1444; τὰ ὠ. carnivores, Hp. Vict. 2.49 cod.M, Arist. HA 608b25, PA 694a1; ὠ. χάρις (cf. ἀνδροβρώς) E. Ba. 139 (lyr.). II. rarely proparox. ὠμόφᾰγος, ον, Pass., eaten raw, of sacrifices offered to Dionysus, E. Fr. 472.12 (anap., τάς τʼ ὠμοφάγους δαίτας τελέσας codd. perh. rightly, cf. ὠμοφάγιον).

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