φλοῖσβος

phloisbos

any confused roaring noise

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5322
5469
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10416
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20377

Dictionary (LSJ)

φλοῖσβος, ὁ, A. any confused roaring noise, in Hom. of the noise of battle, Il. 5.322, 469, 10.416 (never in Od.): τὸν μὲν ἄρʼ ἐκ φλοίσβου . . ῥύσαντο Euph. 23; of the sea, πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον A. Pr. 792, cf. S. Fr. 479, Hymn.Is. 166; φλοίσβων δίναις Lyc. 379; ἰλυόεις φ. Opp. H. 1.777.—Poet. word.

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