1. τέλμα · telma — Beekes
puddle, swamp, marsh, mire, mortar, dung
The corpus record
τέλμα
telma
puddle, swamp, marsh, mire, mortar, dung
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
- Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
- Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
- Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Senses
2. τέλμα · telma — Chantraine
n
3. τέλμα · telma — Frisk
sumpfig werden
4. τέλμα · telma — LSJ
standing water, pond, marsh, swamp
Attestations
- τέλμα · telma Plato, Phaedo 109 (DIORISIS sentence 1118)
- τέλματι · telmati Herodotus, Histories 1.179.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1256)
- τέλματα · telmata Herodotus, Histories 2.93.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2186)
- τέλματα · telmata Xenophon, Economics 20.11 (DIORISIS sentence 926)
- τέλμα · telma Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8206)
- τέλμασιν · telmasin Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1176)
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1513-1514; entry #6002 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1120; entry #7904 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1842; entry #5588 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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