τρήρων

treron

timorous, shy

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5778
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22140
Book 23 3
Chapter ?

23853
23855
23874
Odyssey 2
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Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1263
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20243

Dictionary (LSJ)

τρήρων, ωνος, ὁ, ἡ, (τρέω) A. timorous, shy, in Hom. always epith. of doves (i. e. of περιστεραί, the genus of which πέλειαι are a species, acc. to Eust. 1262.61), τρήρωσι πελειάσιν Il. 5.778, h.Ap. 114, cf. Ar. Av. 575; πέλειαι τρήρωνες Od. 12.63; τρήρωνα πέλειαν Il. 22.140, 23.853, cf. A.R. 3.541; κέπφοι τ. Ar. Pax 1067. II. fem. Subst. trembler, = περιστερά (metaph. of women), Lyc. 87,423. (Since the Subst. is implied for Hom. in πολυτρήρων, τ. is perh. always a Subst., name of the genus, and τ. πελειάδες is to be compared with ἴρηξ κίρκος, σῦς κάπρος, etc.)

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