ζείδωρος

zeidoros

zea-giving

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 9
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Book 3 1
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33
Book 4 1
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4229
Book 5 1
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5463
Book 7 1
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7332
Book 9 1
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9357
Book 11 1
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11309
Book 12 1
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12386
Book 13 1
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13354
Book 19 1
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19593
Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
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2548
Book 8 1
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8486
Book 20 1
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20226

Dictionary (LSJ)

ζείδωρος, ον, A. zea-giving (Plin. HN 18.82, EM 410.6), as epith. of the earth, ζείδωρος ἄρουρα Il. 2.548, Od. 3.3, Hes. Op. 173; ζ. ἀρδμός Nonn. D. 26.185: c. gen., ζ. ὀπώρης ἀχράς AP 9.4 (Cyllen.): also in late Prose, Hld. 9.22 (ζε (ϝ) έ-δωρος, cf. ζέα). II. some authors derived it from ζάω,= βιόδωρος (so expld. by Hsch.), life-giving, Ἀφροδίτη Emp. 151; Ἠέλιος Nonn. D. 12.23, cf. 22.276. ζείζιν, mamma, Gloss.

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