ἕταρος
ἑταῖρος
-ου, ὁ. (The forms about equally common.)
Fem. ἑτάρη Il. 4.441. ἑταίρη Il. 9.2.
Acc. ἑταίρην Od. 17.271.
A companion, comrade, associate, fellow, in various uses.
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A comrade in arms, implying various degrees of connexion from a close comradeship between or among equals or a relationship resembling that of knight and squire to mere common participation in warfare: ἑτάρων εἰς ἔθνος ἐχάζετο Il. 3.32, Πάτροκλον, ὃν ἑταῖρον Il. 9.220. Cf. Il. 1.179, 345, Il. 5.514, Il. 6.6, Il. 10.151, Il. 12.379, Il. 13.767, Il. 16.195, Il. 17.150, Il. 24.123, etc.: Od. 1.237, Od. 8.217, 584, 586, Od. 11.371, 382, 520, Od. 13.266, Od. 14.480, Od. 23.324, Od. 24.79.
One taking part with another in a particular enterprise: λοχησάμενος σὺν ἑταίρῳ Od. 13.268. Cf. Il. 10.235, 242: Od. 4.408, 433.
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A comrade in a sea voyage or expedition: ξὺν νηΐ ἠδʼ ἑτάροισιν Od. 1.182. Cf. Il. 3.47, Il. 16.170: Od. 1.304, Od. 2.212, Od. 3.167, Od. 4.367, Od. 11.331, etc.
Esp. of the comrades of Odysseus in his wanderings Od. 1.5, Od. 2.174, Od. 5.110, Od. 10.33, Od. 11.51, Od. 12.33, Od. 19.276, etc.
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A follower of or attendant on a king or chief: ἐκέλευσεν ἑταίρους ἵππους ζευγνύμεναι Il. 3.259. Cf. Od. 3.32, Od. 4.536, Od. 11.412.
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A companion, comrade, associate, friend, in gen.: πόλλʼ ἑταῖροι
[ἐλλίσσοντο] Il. 9.585. Cf. Il. 18.251, Il. 22.492, Il. 24.63: Od. 2.225, Od. 9.367, Od. 14.462, Od. 16.354, Od. 18.350, etc.
Fem.: Ἔρις, Ἄρεος ἑτάρη Il. 4.441.
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Of relationship with a protecting divinity: πάντων φίλταθʼ ἑταίρων Od. 24.517 (said by Athene).
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A boon-companion: ἑταῖρος εἰλαπιναστής Il. 17.577.
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Of fellow-servants: οἶς ἑτάροισιν ἐκέκλετο ὑφορβός Od. 14.413. Cf. Od. 14.407, 460, Od. 15.309, 336, Od. 16.8, 84.
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Fig.: οὖρον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον Od. 11.7 = Od. 12.149.
Fem.: fig.: οὖρον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον Od. 11.7 = Od. 12.149.
Fem.: φύζα, φόβου ἑταίρη Il. 9.2: φόρμιγξ, ἣν δαιτὶ θεοὶ ποίησαν ἑταίρην Od. 17.271.
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