terra firma, mainland
terra firma, once in Hom., ποτὶ ξερὸν ἠπείροιο Od. 5.402 ; ποτὶ ξερὸν ἔλθʼ ἀπὸ πέτρας to the mainland, AP 6.304 (Phan.), cf. A.R. 3.322 ; ἐπὶ ξερόν Nic. Th. 704. (Cogn. with σχερός rather than with ξηρός.)
The corpus record
ξερόν
xeron · τό
terra firma
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ξερὸν · xeron Odyssey 5.402
Where it came from
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