The corpus record

θελκτήριον

thelkterion · τό

charm, spell

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

charm, spell, means of lightening

charm, spell, of the girdle of Aphrodite, ἔνθα τέ οἱ θ. πάντα τέτυκτο Il. 14.215; of heroic lays, βροτῶν θελκτήρια Od. 1.337; θεῶν θ. 8.509; πόνων θελκτήρια means of lightening toil, A. Ch. 670 (s. v.l.); γλώσσης ἐμῆς μείλιγμα καὶ θ. Id. Eu. 886; νεκροῖς θελκτήρια, of offerings to the Manes, E. IT 166 (lyr.); ψυχῆς θ. Men. 559.

In the wild

θελκτήριον · thelktērion Aeschylus, Eumenides 886
θελκτήρια · thelktēria Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 67)
θελκτήρια · thelktēria Iliad 14.215
θελκτήρια · thelktēria Odyssey 1.337

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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