σκόλοψ

skolops

anything pointed

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7441
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8343
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9350
Book 12 2
Chapter ?

1255
1263
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

151
15344
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18177
Odyssey 1
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

745

Dictionary (LSJ)

σκόλοψ, οπος, ὁ, A. anything pointed: esp. pale, stake, κεφαλὴν πῆξαι ἀνὰ σκολόπεσσι Il. 18.177; for impaling, E. IT 1430, El. 898; ἐπὶ σκόλοψι ἀναρτᾶσθαι D.S. 33.15: pl. σκόλοπες, palisade, τείχεα . . σκολόπεσσιν ἀρηρότα Od. 7.45; freq. in Il., ἐν δὲ [τάφρῳ] σκόλοπας κατέπηξαν 7.441; διά τε σκόλοπας καὶ τάφρον ἔβησαν 8.343, cf. 12.63, 15.344; σκόλοπας περὶ τὸ ἕρκος κατέπηξαν Hdt. 9.97, cf. E. Rh. 116, X. An. 5.2.5 (Att. usually σταύρωμα). 2. thorn, IG 42(1).121.92 (Epid., iv B.C.), LXX Nu. 33.55, al., Dsc. 4.49, Babr. 122; σκόλοπες φοίνικος PMag.Osl. 1.270, al., cf. 2 Ep.Cor. 12.7. 3. an instrument for operating on the urethra, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.9.4. 4. point of a fishing-hook, Luc. Merc.Cond. 3. II. tree, E. Ba. 983 (lyr.).

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