The corpus record

θάσσω

thasso

sit, sit idle

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Tauris 4 · 4.82/10k
Ion 3 · 3.28/10k
Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant — LSJ

sit, sit idle, to sit

sit, sit idle, στρατὸς δὲ θάσσει E. Supp. 391; ἥσυχος θ. Id. Ba. 622 (troch.); ἀμφὶ βωμόν Id. Rh. 509; ἐπʼ ἀκταῖς Id. Hec. 36; τρίποδι ἐν χρυσέῳ Id. IT 1253 (lyr.); πρὸς βάθροις Id. HF 715: c. acc. sedis, θάσσειν θρόνον S. OT 161 (lyr.); θ. τρίποδα E. Ion 91 (anap.); θ. δάπεδον Id. Andr. 117 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., θ. δυστήνους ἕδρας to sit in wretched posture, Id. HF 1214, cf. Ar. Th. 889. (θᾱσσω contr. fr. θαάσσω (θᾰϝᾰκyω, cf. θάβακος): v. θᾶκος, θοάζω.)

In the wild

θάσσουςʼ · thassousʼ Euripides, Hecuba *poludw/rou ei)/dwlon.35 (DIORISIS sentence 9)
θάσσοντα · thassonta Euripides, Heracles 1214–1215
θάσσειν · thassein Euripides, Heracles 715–716
θάσσουσι · thassousi Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 278)
θάσσει · thassei Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 33)
θάσσει · thassei Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 998)

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Where it came from

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