LOGOI

The corpus record

θάλπ-ω

thalpo

heat, soften by heat

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

  • 1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
  • Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
  • Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
  • Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
  • Regnorum III 2 · 1.05/10k
  • Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Job 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

heat, soften by heat, to be softened, deceived

heat, soften by heat, Od. 21.179, al.:—Pass., ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς . . θαλφθείς Hes. Th. 864, cf. S. Tr. 697: metaph., to be softened, deceived, αἴ κε μὴ θαλφθῇ λόγοις Ar. Eq. 210.

II heat, warm, softening, keep warm, to be warm, to be alive

heat, warm, without any notion of softening, καῦμʼ ἔθαλπε (sc. ἡμᾶς) S. Ant. 417; θερμὴ ἡμᾶς ἀκτὶς θ. Ar. Av. 1092; keep warm, χλανιδίων ἐρειπίοις θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα Trag.Adesp. 7: prov., θ. τὸν δίφρον, of an idle life, Herod. 1.37; θ. τὰς κοχώνας Id. 7.48; τὴν βαίτην θάλπουσαν εὖ ib. 129:—Pass., Hp. Aff. 4; θάλπεσθαι τοῦ θέρους to be warm in summer, X. Cyr. 5.1.11; τῷ πυρὶ θάλψομαι Alciphr. 3.42: metaph., ἔτι ἁλίῳ θάλπεσθαι to be alive, Pi. N. 4.14.

2 warm at the fire, dry

warm at the fire, dry, θάλπεται ῥάκη S. Ph. 38, cf. E. Hel. 183 (lyr.).

3 hatch, sit

hatch, ᾠά Gp. 14.1.4: so abs., sit, ib. 3; θ. ἐπὶ τῶν νοσσῶν, ἐπὶ τῶν ᾠῶν, LXX De. 22.6.

III heat, inflame

metaph., of passion, heat, inflame, ἣ Διὸς θάλπει κέαρ ἔρωτι A. Pr. 590, cf. S. Fr. 474 (Pass.); ἔθαλψεν ἄτης σπασμός Id. Tr. 1082:—Pass., ἱμέρου βέλει τεθάλφθαι πρός τινος A. Pr. 650; θάλπῃ (2 sg.) ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί S. El. 888; εἴ σευ θάλπεταί τι τῶν ἔνδον Herod. 2.81.

2 comfort, cherish, foster, tend, with fostering care

comfort, ὕπνος . . θάλπει κέαρ B. Fr. 3.11, cf. Fr. 16.2, Com.Adesp. 5.16D.; cherish, foster, ἄλλον θάλπε φίλον Theoc. 14.38; ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα 1 Ep.Thess. 2.7; τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα Ep.Eph. 5.29; τὸ ἀσθενοῦν Alciphr. 2.4; θ. καὶ τρέφειν PMasp. 6B 132 (vi A.D.); τὴν πόλιν θ. tend it with fostering care, OGI 194.5 (Egypt, i B.C.).

3 care

ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. ἡ δόξα I care nothing for glory, Alciphr. 2.2; ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. κέρδος Aristaenet. 1.24.

IV to be full of heat, vigorous, to live

intr., to be full of heat, vigorous, Arist. Pr. 879a33; θάλψαι τρεῖς ποίας to live three summers, AP 7.731 (Leon.).

In the wild

6 of 26 attestations shown. Ask for more.

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.

Ask the librarian

Ask about θάλπ-ω →