The corpus record

δασπλῆτις

daspletis · ἡ

horrid, frightful

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Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

horrid, frightful

horrid, frightful, θεὰ δ. Ἐρινύς Od. 15.234; of Hecate, Theoc. 2.14:—also δασπλής, ῆτος, ὁ, ἡ, sc. δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν Simon. 38; δασπλῆτες Εὐμενίδες Euph. 94; δασπλῆτε δράκοντε Nic. Th. 609; freq. in Nonn., γυναῖκες 46.210; μάχαιρα 22.219, al. :—nom. δασπλῆτα, Call. Fr. 534: δασπλήτης An. Ox. 1.149: δάσπλη (sic), Hsch.

In the wild

δασπλῆτις · dasplētis Odyssey 15.234

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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