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θάλεα

thalea · τά

good cheer, happy thoughts

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

good cheer, happy thoughts

good cheer, happy thoughts, of the sleeping Astyanax, θαλέων ἐμπλησάμενος κῆρ Il. 22.504; ἐν σάλεσσι πολλοῖς ἥμενος Alcm. 10; θαλέεσσιν ἀνατρέφειν τινά Call. Supp. Hell. fr 287.—In form and accent pl. of θάλος, in meaning closer to θάλεια, θαλία.

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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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