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εἶχον ἀπειρεσίην· μάλα γὰρ πολὺ χείρονι φωτὶ
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
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| εἶχον | εἶχον | εἶχον[1] | 1 | 41339 | 11.621.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| ἀπειρεσίην· | ἀπειρεσίην | ἀπειρεσίην[1] | 2 | 41340 | 11.621.t2 | True | |
| μάλα | μάλα | μάλα[1] | 3 | 41341 | 11.621.t3 | True | |
| γὰρ | γὰρ | γὰρ[1] | 4 | 41342 | 11.621.t4 | True | |
| πολὺ | πολὺ | πολὺ[1] | 5 | 41343 | 11.621.t5 | True | |
| χείρονι | χείρονι | χείρονι[1] | 6 | 41344 | 11.621.t6 | True | |
| φωτὶ | φωτὶ | φωτὶ[1] | 7 | 41345 | 11.621.t7 | True |
Dictionary Citations
LSJ
boundless, immense, γαῖα, ὀϊζύς, Il. 20.58, Od. 11.621; δῆρις Batr. 4; countless, ἄνθρωποι πολλοί, ἀπειρέσιοι Od. 19.174, cf. Hes. Fr. 134.4, Theoc. 25.100; ὄρνιθες Simon. 40; ἀ. εἶδος untold beauty, Hes. Fr. 33; once in Trag., ἀ. πόνοι S. Aj. 928 (lyr.): neut. as Adv., Q.S. 2.179, 3.386. (Like ἀπερείσιος, by metrical lengthening for *ἀπερέσιος; root per- in πεῖραρ, ἄπειρος B.)
cunliffe_lex
ἀπειρέσιος -η, -ον [ἀ-1 + πεῖραρ.] 1 Boundless, endless: γαῖαν Il. 20.58: ὀϊζύν Od. 11.621. 2 Numberless, countless Od. 9.118, Od. 19.174.
χείρων χεῖρον, -ονος. Also χερείων, χέρειον, -ονος. Dat. sing. masc. χέρηϊ Il. 1.80. Acc. χέρεια Il. 4.400: Od. 14.176. Nom. pl. χέρηες Od. 15.324. Acc. pl. neut. χέρεια Il. 14.382: Od. 18.229, Od. 20.310. Used as comp. of κακός. 1 Of meaner birth, of lower rank or station: ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ Il. 1.80, χερείονος θεοῦ Il. 20.106. Cf. Od. 11.621. Absol.: οἶά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες Od. 15.324. 2 Less warlike, soldierly or skilful in fight: ἐγὼ σέθεν πολὺ χείρων Il. 20.434. Cf. Il. 4.400, Il. 10.238, Il. 14.377, Il. 15.641. Absol. : χέρεια [τεύχεα] χείρονι δόσκον Il. 14.382. 3 Inferior, of less account, less worthy, serviceable or skilful: οὐ χερείων, οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν Il. 1.114, ἄλλον κεβριόναο χερείονα Il. 12.92. Cf. Il. 16.149, Il. 23.572, 577: οὔ τι κασιγνήτοιο χερείων Od. 8.585. Cf. Od. 5.211, Od. 14.176, Od. 20.45, 82, 133, Od. 21.325. Absol. : χερείονά περ καταπεφνών Il. 16.539. 4 Of things, inferior, less good of their kind, of less account or estimation, worse: χέρεια [τεύχεα] Il. 14.382. Cf. Il. 23.413. Impers.: σοί [κʼ] αὐτῷ χεῖρον [εἴ] (you would but fare the worse) Od. 15.515. 5 Bad rather than good. Impers.: οὔ τι χέρειον δεῖπνον ἑλέσθαι (it is no bad thing to . . .) Od. 17.176, αὐτίκα δʼ ἐστὶ δαήμεναι οὔ τι χέρειον (I may as well know it now) Od. 23.262. Absol. in neut. pl., what is bad rather than good, bad, evil: ἐπεὶ τὰ χερείονα νικᾶ Il. 1.576: =Od. 18.404. 6 Morally bad or unfitting. Absol.: ἐσθλά τε καὶ τὰ τὰ χέρεια Od. 18.229=Od. 20.310.