θυοσκόος

thyoskoos

sacrificing priest

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21145
Book 22 2
Chapter ?

22318
22321
Iliad 1
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Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24221

Dictionary (LSJ)

θυοσκόος, ου, ὁ, A. sacrificing priest, Od. 21.145, 22.318,321, E. Rh. 68; μάντιες θ. distd. from ἱερῆες, Il. 24.221: fem., Μαινάδες θ. E. Ba. 224: neut., θ. ἱρά sacrificial implements, IG 14.1389i2. 2. pl.,= Lat. haruspices, D.H. 1.30. (θύος, σ-κοϝ-, cf. κοέω, caveo: the initial σ- is found in OE. scéawian, OHG. scauwôn ‘look at’.)

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