The corpus record

θάλπ-ος

thalpos · τό

warmth, heat

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
Ways and Means 1 · 2.62/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
Memorabilia 5 · 1.4/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Economics 2 · 1.12/10k
Cyropaedia 6 · 0.76/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

warmth, heat, summer-heat, heat

warmth, heat, esp. summer-heat, opp. χειμών, A. Ag. 565, 969; ἐν μεσημβρίας θ. Id. Supp. 747; θ. θεοῦ the sunʼs heat, S. Tr. 145, etc.; μεσημβρινοῖσι θάλπεσιν A. Th. 431, 446; in Prose, θάλπος, opp. ψῦχος, Hp. Aph. 3.4: pl., ῥίγη καὶ θάλπη, ψύχη καὶ θ., X. Oec. 7.23, Cyr. 1.2.10.

2 sting, smart

metaph., sting, smart, [τοξευμάτων] S. Ant. 1086; of love, AP 6.207 (Arch.).

In the wild

θάλπος · thalpos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 563–566
θάλπος · thalpos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 968–969
θάλπεσιν · thalpesin Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 430–431
θάλπεσιν · thalpesin Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 444–446
θάλπος · thalpos Sophocles, Antigone 1084–1086
θάλπος · thalpos Sophocles, Trachiniae 144–150

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Where it came from

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