προχοή

prochoe

outpouring

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 5 1
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5453
Book 11 1
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11242
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2065
Iliad 1
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Book 17 1
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17263

Dictionary (LSJ)

προχοή (A), ἡ, (προχέω) poet. noun, almost always pl., A. outpouring, i.e. mouth, of a river, ἐπὶ προχοῇσι διιπετέος ποταμοῖο Il. 17.263; ἐς ποταμοῦ προχοάς Od. 5.453; ἐν προχοῇς ποταμοῦ 11.242; ἐν προχοῇς . . Ὠκεανοῖο 20.65; Τριτωνίδος ἐν προχοαῖς λίμνας Pi. P. 4.20, cf. Anacr. 28 codd., B. 6.3, A. Supp. 1025 (lyr.), Ar. Nu. 272, Theoc.Chius in FHG ii 86, Call. Fr. 480, etc.; θερμαῖς ὕδατος μαλακοῦ π. A. Fr. 192.8 (anap.); ὕδατος προχοὰς χειμερίους AP 9.147 (Antag.): sg. is dub. l. in Hes. Op. 757; προχοὴ τῶν ὑδάτων discharge of amniotic fluid, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).127. 2. overflow, flood, A.R. 4.271 (pl.). 3. = πρόχωσις, promontory, Archestr. Fr. 40 codd.Ath. (sed leg. προβολαῖσι). II. libations, IG 14.1595, Porph. Marc. 23, Epigr.Gr. 312.16 (Smyrna).

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