1. τήνελλα · tēnella — Beekes
The corpus record
τήνελλα
tenella
a ritual exclamation, taken from the cult of Demeter in Paros by Archilochos, ac
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What it meant
2. τήνελλα · tēnella — Chantraine
3. τήνελλα · tēnella — Frisk
4. τήνελλα · tēnella — LSJ
Hurrah!, Ar. Av. 1764 (lyr.), Ach. 1227 (cf. Sch. Pi. O. 9.1):— hence
Adj. τήνελλος, ον, greeted with huzzas, ἐὰν . . νικᾷς . . , τήνελλος εἶ Ar. Eq. 276. (Written τήνεβλα and τήνεβλος in Hsch.)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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