θλάω

thlao

crush, bruise

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 5 1
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5307
Book 12 1
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12384
Odyssey 1
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Book 18 1
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1897

Dictionary (LSJ)

θλάω, imper. θλῆ Herod. (v. infr.); inf. θλᾶν Gal. UP 13.8; part. θλῶσα ib.13.3: 3sg. impf. ἔθλα (συγκατ-) Macho ap.Ath. 8.348f: fut. θλάσω [ᾰ] (ἐν-) Hp. Int. 44: aor. ἔθλᾰσα, Ep. θλάσσα (v. infr.):—Pass., fut. θλασθήσομαι Gal. UP 12.15: aor. ἐθλάσθην Hp. Ulc. 6: pf. τέθλασμαι (συν-) Alex. 270, Ph. 1.609, Theoc. 22.45:—A. crush, bruise, θλάσσε δέ οἱ κοτύλην Il. 5.307; ὀστέα δʼ εἴσω ἔθλασεν Od. 18.97; οὔτʼ ἔρρηξε βαλὼν οὔτʼ ἔθλασε Hes. Sc. 140; [φωνὴν] ὥσπερ θλῶσαν [τὴν ἀκοήν] S.E. M. 6.40: sens. obsc., αὐτὸς τὰ σαυτοῦ θλῆ Herod. 2.83:—Pass., Arist. Pr. 890a3, Herod. 3.44; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς Theoc. l.c.; ῥάβδος -μένη LXX 4 Ki. 18.21. 2. overload(?), τὰς ἅλως PFay. 112.20 (i A.D.). 3. metaph., oppress, LXXJd. 10.8,al. (Cf. φλάω.)

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