1. ἔπος · epos — Beekes
word, speech
The corpus record
ἔπος
epos
word, speech
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Odyssey 232 · 26.68/10k
- Frogs 19 · 20.86/10k
- Ion 8 · 19.94/10k
- Ajax 15 · 19.08/10k
- Iliad 211 · 18.92/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 15 · 16.21/10k
- Hippias Minor 7 · 16.07/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 7 · 14.52/10k
- Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
- Antigone 9 · 12.27/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 12 · 11.59/10k
- Eumenides 6 · 11.45/10k
Densest 12 of 95 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἔπος · epos — Chantraine
1) ἔπος n
3. ἔπος · epos — Frisk
Lied, episches Gedicht
4. ἔπος · epos — Frisk
verbis
5. ἔπος · epos — LSJ
word, utterance, that which is uttered in words, speech, tale
Attestations
- ἔπεσιν · epesin Iliad 1.77
- ἔπος · epos Iliad 1.108
- ἔπεσιν · epesin Iliad 1.150
- ἔπεα · epea Iliad 1.201
- ἔπεσιν · epesin Iliad 1.211
- ἔπος · epos Iliad 1.216
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 494-495; entry #2211
Review: Under source audit
OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.
- scan p. 376; entry #2661 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 577; entry #2071 Review: Under source audit
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