The corpus record

θᾱτήρ

thater · ὁ

throttler

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What it meant — LSJ

throttler

Dor. for *θᾱητήρ,= *θεατήρ,= θεατής, B. 9.23, Hsch. θᾱτύς, ύος, ἡ, Dor. for *θαητύς,= *θεατύς,= θεωρία, Id. s.v. ἐς θατύν. θαυλακίζειν, = θυλακ-, Id. θαυλέα· οὐρά, κέρκος, Id. θαύλια, τά, a festival, Id.:—also θαυλίζειν, Id.: prob. connected with Θαύλιος, epith. of Zeus at Pharsalus, Hermes 46.154, 286. (Possibly = throttler, cf. Καν-δαύλης = Κυνάγχης (q.v.).)

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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