πρόμος

promos

foremost man

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 7
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

344
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5533
Book 7 3
Chapter ?

775
7116
7136
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15293
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2285
Odyssey 1
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11493

Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόμος, ὁ, (πρό) A. foremost man, in Hom. always = πρόμαχος, Il. 15.293, Od. 11.493, al.; π. ἀνήρ Il. 5.533; π. τινί opposed to another in the front rank, 7.75, 116, 22.85: later, generally, chief, A. Ag. 200 (lyr.), 410 (lyr.); Ἀχαιῶν . . πρόμοι Id. Eu. 399; γᾶς πρόμοι S. OC 884 (lyr.); στρατιῆς π. AP 7.233 (Apollonid.); Ἀθηναίων E. Tr. 31; τῶν Πανελλήνων πρόμῳ Κίμωνι prob. in Cratin. 1; πάντων θεῶν θεὸς π., of the sun, S. OT 660 (lyr.), cf. Epigr.Gr. 361 (Phrygia); ἰατρῶν π. prob. ib.352 (Claudiopolis). The forms πρόμνος, A. Supp. 904 (lyr.), and πράμος, Ar. Th. 50, are corrupt.

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