τάπης

tapes

carpet, rug

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 6
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Book 4 2
Chapter ?

4124
4298
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7337
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

1012
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20150
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24276
Iliad 5
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9200
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10156
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16224
Book 24 2
Chapter ?

24230
24645

Dictionary (LSJ)

τάπης [ᾰ], ητος, ὁ, A. carpet, rug, τάπητα φέρεν μαλακοῦ ἐρίοιο Od. 4.124; χλαινάων . . οὔλων τε ταπήτων Il. 16.224; spread on seats and beds, εἷσεν δʼ ἐν κλισμοῖσι τάπησί τε πορφυρέοισιν 9.200, cf. 10.156, 24.645, Od. 4.298, 10.12, Herod. 2.44, SIG 1106.121 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.); φορμὸν ἔχειν ἀντὶ τάπητος Ar. Pl. 542; τάπης Αἰγύπτιος, Ἆφρος, etc., Edict.Diocl. 19.21,24, al.--Later Att. forms are τάπις, δάπις (qq. v.).

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