ἀψόρροος
From LSJ
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English (LSJ)
ον, contr.ἀψίνθ-ρρους, ουν, (ἄψ, ῥέω)
A back-flowing, refluent, Homeric epith. of Ocean, regarded as a stream encircling the earth and flowing back into itself, Il.18.399, Od.20.65.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οος, οον;
qui reflue sur soi-même (l’Océan).
Étymologie: ἄψ, ῥέω.
English (Autenrieth)
(ὄρνῦμι): returning, back again, back; with verbs of motion, ἄψορροι ἐκίομεν, Il. 21.456; mostly neut. sing. as adv., ἄψορρον βῆναι, καταβῆναι, προσέφην, Od. 9.501.
(ῥέω): back-flowing; of the stream of Oceanus that returns into itself, Il. 18.399†.
