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βέλεμνον

belemnon · τό

dart, javelin

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Where it lives

  • Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
  • Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

βέλεμνον · belemnon — LSJ

dart, javelin, hail-stones

dart, javelin, Il. only in pl., πικρὰ β. 22.206: later in sg., ἀμφιτόμῳ β. A. Ag. 1496 (lyr.), cf. 1520, Theoc. 11.16; poet., of hail-stones, Orph. L. 597.

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Where it came from

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