The corpus record

θήρ-ᾱτρον

theratron · τό

instrument of the chase, net, trap

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k

What it meant

θήρ-ᾱτρον · thēr-atron — LSJ

instrument of the chase, net, trap, webs

instrument of the chase, net, trap, etc., X. Mem. 2.1.4, 3.11.7, Plu. Sollert. 2.961c (pl.), Ael. NA 1.21: pl., of spiderʼs webs, (Max.Tyr. 16.5: metaph., prob. in Lib. Decl. 22.25.

In the wild

θηράτροις · thēratrois Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 440)
θήρατρον · thēratron Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.11.7 (DIORISIS sentence 1426)

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.

Ask the librarian

Ask about θήρ-ᾱτρον →