COMPOUND: ἐπίκουρος, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+N]
MEANING: ‘helper, ally’
ETYMOLOGY: ἐπί ‘upon, on’ + κοῦρος, ep. for κόρος ‘boy, lad’
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 130, 803, 815; III, 188, 451, 456; IV, 379; V, 473, 477, 478, 491; VI, 111, 227; VII, 348, 368, 477; VIII, 497; IX, 233; X, 420; XI, 220, 564; XII, 61, 101, 108; XIII, 755; XVI, 538; XVII, 14, 212, 220, 335, 362; XVIII, 229; XXI, 431
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. (target gender) sg., nom. m. pl., gen. m. pl; acc. m. pl., nom. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: in Il. XXI, 431 apposition of Aphrodite