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ἐγχεσίμωρος

egchesimoros

fighting with the spear

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
  • Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

fighting with the spear

fighting with the spear, Il. 2.692, al., Od. 3.188, Cerc. 6.9: Comp., with play on μῶρος, AP 11.16. (-μωρος is perh. cogn. with μάρναμαι.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἐγχεσίμωρος (scan p. 419; entry #1874).

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