πολύτρητος

polytretos

much-pierced, full of holes, porous

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1111
Book 22 2
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22439
22453

Dictionary (LSJ)

πολύτρητος, poet. πουλύ-, ον, A. much-pierced, full of holes, porous, σπόγγοι Od. 1.111, 22.439; φῷδες Cratin. 213; φύλλα Dsc. 2.182; of the flute, λωτοί, δόνακες, AP 9.266 (Antip.), 505.5; ἠθμός ib.6.101 (Phil.); of honeycombs, ib.9.363.15 (Mel.); σίμβλοι Luc. Epigr. 12; of the lungs, Aret. SD 1.10; τὸ π. τῆς χώρας Str. 12.8.16.

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