οὐλόμενος

oulomenos

accursed

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 7
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Book 4 1
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492
Book 11 1
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11410
Book 15 1
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15344
Book 17 2
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17287
17474
Book 18 1
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18273
Book 24 1
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2497
Iliad 3
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Book 1 1
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12
Book 5 1
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5876
Book 19 1
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1992

Dictionary (LSJ)

οὐλόμενος, η, ον, poet. (metri gr.) for ὀλόμενος, aor. part. of ὄλλυμαι, used as a term of abuse, A. accursed, i.e. one of or to whom the word ὄλοιτο (or ὄλοιο) may be used (opp. ὀνήμενος), Il. 14.84; ἄλοχος Od. 4.92; μῆνις Il. 1.2; Ἄτη 19.92; φάρμακον Od. 10.394; γαστήρ 15.344; Γῆρας Hes. Th. 225, etc.; νοῦσος Pi. P. 4.293; ἔριδες, ὕβρις, Thgn. 390, 1174; Νεῖκος Emp. 17.19: used by Trag. in lyr., στένω σε τᾶς οὐ. τύχας A. Pr. 399; πρὸς ἀδελφῶν οὐλόμενʼ αἰκίσματα νεκρῶν E. Ph. 1529; also in trim. in unlengthd. form, ὀλόμενε παίδων, ποῖον εἴρηκας λόγον ; Trag.Adesp. 2 (= S. Fr. 185). II. ruined, lost: hence, unhappy, wretched, ἵετε δάκρυ καναχὲς ὀλόμενον ὀλομένῳ δεσπότᾳ A. Ch. 152; in lit. sense, ἃ πλείστους ἔκανεν Ἑλλάνων δορὶ παρὰ ποταμὸν ὀλομένους E. Or. 1307; πύργων ὀλομένων (v.l. οὐλ.) Id. IT 1109; τίς ἄρα μʼ . . πατρίδος οὐλομένας ἀπολωτιεῖ ; Id. IA 792 (in the two last passages Erfurdt conjectured ὀλλυμένων, ὀλλυμένας); Aeol. ὠλόμενος dub. sens. in Alc. Oxy. 1788Fr. 4.20.

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