θαλέθω

thaletho

bloom, thrive

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9467
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

2332
Odyssey 2
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

663
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23191

Dictionary (LSJ)

θαλέθω, poet. for θάλλω (cf. θᾰλέω), A. bloom, thrive, used by Hom. only in part., θάμνος ἐλαίης . . θαλέθων Od. 23.191, cf. Ibyc. 1.6, A.R. 2.843; βίου θαλέθοντος Emp. 20.3; of men, ἠΐθεοι θαλέθοντες Od. 6.63; θαλέθοντα τόκον IG 14.1363; θαλέθεσκες ἐν εἴαρι AP 11.374 (Maced.); αἰεὶ θαλέθοντι βίῳ Lyr.Adesp. 98 (= Trag.Adesp. 373); σύες θαλέθοντες ἀλοιφῇ swelling, wantoning in fat, Il. 9.467, cf. 23.32: c. acc., ποίην λειμῶνες θαλέθουσιν Theoc. 25.16.

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