The corpus record

θελκ-τήριος

thelkterios

enchanting, soothing

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

enchanting, soothing, magic, that heals

enchanting, soothing, μῦθοι, λόγοι, A. Eu. 81, E. Hipp. 478; ὄμματος θ. τόξευμα the eyeʼs magic shaft, A. Supp. 1004: c. gen., φίλτρα θ. ἔρωτος E. Hipp. 509; μύθου μῦθος θ. speech that heals speech, A. Supp. 447: in late Prose, θ. ἀγωνίσματα, of poems, Agath. Praef.

In the wild

θελκτηρίους · thelktērious Aeschylus, Eumenides 81–83
θελκτηρία · thelktēria Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 668–671
θελκτήριον · thelktērion Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 1003–1005
θελκτήριος · thelktērios Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 446–451
θελκτήριον · thelktērion Odyssey 8.509

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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