ὀπάων

opaon

comrade

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀπάων [ᾱ], ονος, , as in Hom. and Trag.; later Ion. ὀπέων, ωνος, Hdt. 9.50,51, restored by Dind. in 5.111 : (v. ὀπάζω fin.) :—A. comrade in war, esquire, denoting the slight subordination in which one hero stood to another, as Meriones to Idomeneus, Il. 8.263, 10.58, etc. ; Phoenix to Peleus, 23.360 ; so, = ὑπασπιστής, Hdt. 5.111. 2. generally, follower, attendant, B. 17.35, Hdt. 9.50,51, A. Ch. 769, Supp. 492,954, S. Ant. 1108 ; ὀ. μήλων a shepherd, Pi. P. 9.64 ; of a female, h.Cer. 440. —Cf. ὀπηδός. II. as Adj., following, ὀπάονι ῥιπῇ Opp. H. 5.489 ; ὀ. Νύμφην IG 14.1389i52.
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