pivot of a door, gate
pivot of a door or gate, ῥῆξε δʼ ἀπʼ ἀμφοτέρους θαιρούς Il. 12.459, cf. Q.S. 3.27, Agath. 1.10.
II axle, yos
axle of a chariot, S. Fr. 596. (Perh. for θϝᾰρ-yos, cf. θύρα.)
The corpus record
θαιρός
thairos · ὁ
pivot of a door
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Where it lives
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- θαιρούς · thairous Iliad 12.459
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. θαιρός (scan p. 576; entry #2507).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θαιρός (scan p. 433; entry #3059).