The corpus record

θαλέθω

thaletho

bloom, thrive

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Where it lives

Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bloom, thrive, swelling, wantoning

bloom, thrive, used by Hom. only in part., θάμνος ἐλαίης . . θαλέθων Od. 23.191, cf. Ibyc. 1.6, A.R. 2.843; βίου θαλέθοντος Emp. 20.3; of men, ἠΐθεοι θαλέθοντες Od. 6.63; θαλέθοντα τόκον IG 14.1363; θαλέθεσκες ἐν εἴαρι AP 11.374 (Maced.); αἰεὶ θαλέθοντι βίῳ Lyr.Adesp. 98 (= Trag.Adesp. 373); σύες θαλέθοντες ἀλοιφῇ swelling, wantoning in fat, Il. 9.467, cf. 23.32: c. acc., ποίην λειμῶνες θαλέθουσιν Theoc. 25.16.

In the wild

θαλέθοντες · thalethontes Iliad 23.32
θαλέθοντες · thalethontes Iliad 9.467
θαλέθων · thalethōn Odyssey 23.191
θαλέθοντες · thalethontes Odyssey 6.63

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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