φύζα

phyza

headlong flight, rout

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

92
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14140
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

1562
15366
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17381
Odyssey 2
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14269
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17438

Dictionary (LSJ)

φύζα (not φῦζα, Hdn.Gr.1.251), ἡ, expld. as ἡ μετὰ δειλίας φυγή by Aristarch. ap. Apollon. Lex.s.v. φόβος:—A. headlong flight, rout, φύζα, φόβον κρυόεντος ἑταίρη Il. 9.2, cf. 14.140; ἀνάλκιδα φύζαν ἐνόρσας 15.62; θάνατον καὶ φ. ἑταίρων 17.381; ἐν δὲ Ζεὺς . . φύζαν ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισι κακὴν βάλεν Od. 14.269.

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