θρῴσκω
throsko
leap, spring
Appears 25 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θρῴσκω (so in Supp. 12.9, but θρώσκω ap. Hdn.Gr.2.522), Il. 13.589, Ch. 846, Eu. 660: Ep. impf. θρῷσκον Il. 15.314: fut. θοροῦμαι, Ion. 3pl. θορέονται (ὑπερ-) 8.179, cf. Supp. 873 (lyr.): aor. ἔθορον (ἐκ-) Il. 7.182, etc., Ep. θόρον Il. (v. infr. 2), Sc. 321, subj. θόρω Od. 22.303; inf. θορεῖν (ἀνα-) Lac. 2.3, Ion. θορέειν (ὑπερ-) Il. 12.53; later ἔθρωξα (ἀν-) H. 3.293: pf. part. fem. τεθορυίης prob. in 65: (cf. θορός: for the form cf. βλώσκω):—A. poet. Verb, leap, spring, χαμᾶζε θορών Il. 10.528; ἐκ δίφροιο 8.320; ἀπὸ λέκτροιο Od. 23.32; ἰχθὺς θρῴσκων κατὰ κῦμα Il. 21.126; of arrows, ἀπὸ νευρῆφι δʼ ὀϊστοὶ θρῷσκον 15.314, cf. 470, 16.773; of beans tossed from the winnowing shovel, ἀπὸ πτυόφιν θρῴσκωσιν κύαμοι 13.589; of the oar, OC 718 (lyr.). 2. folld. by Prep., leap upon, assault, ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι θόρον Il. 8.252, cf. 15.380; εἴς τινα 1.1296; πλησίον τινός Or. 257 (in this sense always uses aor.); of a recurring illness, attack, Tr. 1028 (lyr.). 3. rush, dart, P. 9.119; πεδίον over the plain, Ba. 873 (lyr.); δόμους to the house, Tr. 58: metaph., λόγοι πεδάρσιοι θρῴσκουσι leap up into air, i.e. melt away, Ch. 846. II. trans.,= θόρνυμαι, mount, impregnate, κνώδαλα Fr. 15; ὁ θρῴσκων the sire, Eu. 660; cf. θορός, θορή.
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