ἔχθος

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A hate, Διὸς ἔχθος ἀλευάμενος Od.9.277: and in pl., ἐχθεα λυγρά Il.3.416, cf. Pi.P.2.55; ἴδια, κοινὰ ἔχθεα, Hdt.3.82; κατὰ ἔχθος τινός hatred for one, Id.9.15, cf. Th.1.103, 7.57; ἔχθει c.gen., A.Supp.332, Th.1.95; ἐς ἔχθεα ἀπικνέεσθαί τινι to incur his enmity, Hdt.3.82; εἰς ἔχθος ἐλθεῖν τινι E.Ph.879; ὑπ' ἔχθους Plu.Publ.9.    II ὦ πλεῖστον ἔ. object of direst hate, A.Pers.284.—In Prose ἔχθρα is more freq.