σπέος
speos
cavern, grotto
Appears 38 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
σπέος, Ep. σπεῖος, τό, Ep.Noun (also in Inscr.Cypr. 98 H.), A. cavern, grotto, Od. 5.57, etc.; ὑπὸ σ. ἤλασε μῆλα Il. 4.279; [Κύκλωπες] οἴκεον ἐν σπήεσσι Od. 9.400; ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι ib.114; νῆα . . ὡρμίσαμεν κοῖλον σ. εἰσερύσαντες 12.317.— uses only the following forms: nom.and acc. sg. σπέος, Il. 13.32, ll.cc.; irreg. dat. σπῆϊ 18.402, Od. 2.20,al., cf. Th. 297 (σπέϊ in C. 4.246): of the Ep. form σπεῖος, acc. sg. only in Od. 5.194; gen. σπείους only in Od. (5.68, al.): of the pl., only dat. σπέσσι and σπήεσσι, only in Od. (1.15, al., 9.400, al.); gen. σπείων h.Ven. 263; irreg. dat. pl. σπεάτεσσι, as if from σπέας, in 37.
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