πῖαρ

piar

fat

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11550
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17659
Odyssey 1
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Book 9 1
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9135

Dictionary (LSJ)

πῖαρ, τό, only nom. and acc. (exc. dat. πίαρι Suid.) : (πίων) :—A. fat, Ep. and Ion. word, βοῶν ἐκ πῖαρ ἑλέσθαι Il. 11.550 ; of men, Hp. Nat. Puer. 21. b. any fatty substance, π. ἐλαίης A.R. 4.1133 ; π. μελιηδές prob. cream, AP 9.224 (Crin.), cf. Sol. 36.21 (πῦαρ Pap. Arist. Ath.); thick juice from trees, Hp. Nat.Puer. 26; of the fig, Id. Mul. 2.205, Ulc. 15 ; richness of soil, ἐπεὶ μάλα π. ὑπʼ οὖδας Od. 9.135, cf. h.Ap. 60 ; ἐσθλῆς ἀρούρης π. ἔγκληρον χθονός Lyc. 1060, cf.AP 9.555 (Crin.). 2. metaph., cream, choicest part of a thing, h.Ven. 30.

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