θοῦρος

thouros

rushing, impetuous, furious

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 11
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Book 5 7
Chapter ?

530
535
5355
5454
5507
5830
5904
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

15127
15142
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21406
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24498

Dictionary (LSJ)

θοῦρος, ον, (θρῴσκω) A. rushing, impetuous, furious, Hom. (only in Il.), as epith. of Ares, 15.127,al. (of the planet Mars, Doroth. ap. Heph.Astr. 1.1); Τυφών A. Pr. 356, cf. Fr. 199; δόρυ E. Rh. 492; ἀνὴρ Γαλάτης Eleg.Alex.Adesp. 2.14:—fem. θοῦρις, ῐδος, ἡ, epith. of ἀλκή, Od. 4.527, Il. 7.164, al.; θ. ἀσπίς, prob. the shield with which one rushes to the fight, 11.32; αἰγίς 15.308.

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