βλοσυρός

Uncertain. Leumann derives it from a root common to Latin vultur (“vulture”). There is no evidence, however, that the word is Indo-European.

βλοσῠρός • (blosurós) m (feminine βλοσῠρᾱ́, neuter βλοσῠρόν); first/second declension

1. hairy, shaggy, bristling

   Synonyms: δασύς (dasús), πολύτριχος (polútrikhos)

2. rough, coarse, not refined
3. masculine, manly, virile
4. fierce, grim, ferocious
5. solemn, dignified, impressive

• “βλοσυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλοσυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βλοσυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βλοσυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλοσυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βλοσυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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