1. βλοσυρός · blosyros — Beekes
The corpus record
βλοσυρός
blosuros
terrible
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Where it lives
- Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
- Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
- Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
2. βλοσυρός · blosyros — Chantraine
3. βλοσυρός · blosyros — Chantraine
4. Βλοσυρός · Blosyros — Chantraine
5. βλοσυρός · blosyros — Frisk
6. βλοσυρός · blosyros — Frisk
7. βλοσυρός · blosyros — Frisk
8. βλοσῠρός · blosyros — LSJ
hairy, shaggy, bristling, μειδιόων βλοσυροῖσι προσώπασι Il. 7.212; τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε λαμπέσθην βλοσυρῇσιν ὑπʼ ὀφρύσιν 15.608, cf. Hes. Sc. 147; of lions, ib. 175; of the Κῆρες, ib. 250; ἡ δὲ συὸς βλοσυρῆς, to describe a woman, Phoc. 3.3; β. χαίτη Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 11.4; ἄρκτοι, φώκη, Opp. H. 2.247, 5.38; πορδαλίων βλοσυρὰς δύσαντο καλύπτρας Nonn. D. 14.131; later, grim, fearful, ἄγος A. Eu. 167 (lyr.); ἄκρη A.R. 2.740; κύματα AP 9.84 (Antiphan.), cf. 278 (Bianor); φάσματα ἀρχαγγέλων Iamb. Myst. 2.3.
virile, burly, γενναίους τε καὶ β. τὰ ἤθη Pl. R. 535b; β. γε τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχεις Nicostr. 35; of a woman, μαῖα γενναία καὶ β. masculine, Pl. Tht. 149a; βλοσυρωτάτη τὸ εἶδος, of Boudicca, D.C. 62.2; also, coarse, πίττα Thphr. HP 9.2.3 (Comp.), cf. CP 6.12.5 (Comp.).
solemn, dignified, σεμνὸν καὶ β. ὁρᾶν Ael. VH 12.21; of persons, σεμνὴ καὶ β. Aristaenet. 1.7, cf. Him. Or. 23.12. Adv. -ῶς Hld. 10.27.
In the wild
- βλοσυρὸν · blosyron Aeschylus, Eumenides 165–168
- βλοσυροῖο · blosyroio Shield of Heracles 146–149
- βλοσυροῖσι · blosyroisi Shield of Heracles 174–175
- βλοσυροῖο · blosyroio Shield of Heracles 191–194
- βλοσυραί · blosyrai Shield of Heracles 248–250
- βλοσυρῇσιν · blosyrēisin Iliad 15.608
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βλοσυρός (scan p. 269; entry #1193).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βλοσυρός (scan p. 195; entry #1330).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βλοσυρός (scan pp. 277-278; entry #1104).
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