πίσυνος

pisynos

trusting on, relying on

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5205
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8226
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9238
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

119
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

24295
24313
Odyssey 1
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Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18140

Dictionary (LSJ)

πίσυνος [ῐ], ον (not η, ον Eust. 918.50), (πείθω) A. trusting on, relying on, always c. dat., π. Διί Il. 9.238; τόξοισιν π. 5.205; ἠνορέῃ π. καὶ κάρτεϊ χειρῶν II.9, cf. Hes. Th. 506 (Hom. and Hes. use only masc.); θεῷ, θεοῖσι, Pi. P. 4.232, A. Th. 212 (lyr.); ἰσχύϊ, ἐλπίδι, B. 5.21, 12.221; ἀλκᾷ A. Supp. 352 (lyr.); τοῖς περιδεξίοισι λόγοισι Ar. Nu. 949; ὑμῖν Id. V. 385; χρησμῷ, χρηστηρίῳ, Hdt. 1.66,73, cf. 2.141: in Att. Prose only Th., τῇ δυνάμει τὸ πλέον π. ἢ τῇ γνώμῃ 2.89, cf. 5.14, 6.2 : in later Prose, Plot. 4.8.1, Jul. Or. 2.57a. II. obedient, τινι Orph. A. 265,707.

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