πολυκλήϊς

polykleis

with many benches

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πολυκλήϊς [ῑ], ῑδος, , (κλείς IV) A. with many benches of rowers, in Hom. always in dat., as epith. of ships, νηῒ πολυκλήϊδι Il. 7.88, Od. 20.382; νηυσὶ πολυκλήϊσι Il. 2.74, cf. 175, al.; νῆα πολυκλήϊδα Hes. Op. 817.
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