τυρός

tyros

cheese

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 2
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Book 10 1
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10234
Book 20 1
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2069
Iliad 1
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Book 11 1
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11639

Dictionary (LSJ)

τυρός, ὁ, A. cheese, ἐπὶ δʼ αἴγειον κνῆ τυρόν Il. 11.639; οὐκ ἐπιδευὴς τυροῦ Od. 4.88; τ. ἐξ Ἀχαΐης Semon. 23; τ. Σικελικός Ar. V. 896, etc.; for Sicilian cheese, cf. Hermipp. 63.9, Antiph. 236, Philem. 76: pl., PCair.Zen. 110.25 (iii B. C.), al. 2. ὁ χλωρὸς τ. the fresh cheese, hence the cheese-market, Lys. 23.6.—Cf. βούτυρον.

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