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θησαυρός

thesauros

treasury, warehouse, receptacle, treasure

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Where it lives

  • Paralipomenon I 10 · 7.52/10k
  • Malachias 1 · 7.2/10k
  • Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
  • Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
  • Esdras II 7 · 5.9/10k
  • Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
  • Proverbia 6 · 5.4/10k
  • Matthew 9 · 5.02/10k
  • Regnorum IV 8 · 4.62/10k
  • Paralipomenon II 9 · 4.57/10k
  • Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
  • Siracides 8 · 4.33/10k

Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. θησαυρός · thēsauros

θησαυρός [m.] ‘treasury, warehouse, receptacle, treasure’ (Hes.). COMP E.g. θησαυρο-φύλαξ ‘guard of the treasury’ (Hell.). *DER θησαυρικός ‘belonging to the treasury (pap.), θησαυρώδης ‘full of treasures’ (Philostr.); θησαυρίζω ‘save, collect’ (IA) together with θησαύρισμα ‘savings, store, treasure’ (Democr., trag.), θησαυρισμός ‘storage, preservation’ (Arist. Thphr.), τἰστής ‘who preserves’ (Poll.) with … — [Beekes, s.v. θησαυρός, p. 595]

2. θησαυρός · thēsauros

θησαυρός : « dépôt, magasin où l'on enferme provisions et objets précieux, trésor», parfois «cassette », dans les papyrus « magasin à grains, grenier », parfois employé au figuré (Hés., ion.-att., etc.). Composés rares et tardifs, notamment θησαυρο-φύλαξ (LXX, pap., etc.). Rares dérivés nominaux également tardifs : θησαυρικός (pap.), θησαυρώδης (Philostr.). Verbe dénominatif usuel θησαυρίζω «conserver, garder en … — [Chantraine, s.v. θησαυρός, p. 450]

3. θησαυρός · thēsauros

store, treasure

store, treasure, Ar. Av. 599, etc.; θ. χθονός, of the silvermines of Laureion, A. Pers. 238 (troch.); θ. εὑρεῖν Arist. Pol. 1303b35; ἄνθρακες ὁ θ., prov., ‘apples of Sodom’, freq. in Luc. Zeux. 2, al.; σποδὸς οἱ θ. γενήσονται Alciphr. 2.3.13: metaph., θ. γλώσσης φειδωλῆς Hes. Op. 719; θ. ὕμνων Pi. P. 6.8; κακῶν E. Ion 923, cf. Hp. Lex; κόμας . . , ἱκτήριον θ. S. Aj. 1175; Διὸς θ., of a tomb marking the fall of a thunderbolt, E. Supp. 1010; οἰωνοῖς γλυκὺν θ., of a dead body, S. Ant. 30; of learni

II strong-room, magazine, treasuries, vaults

strong-room, magazine, Hdt. 2.150, SIG 419.17 (Delph., iii B.C.), LXX De. 32.34, etc.; esp. of the treasuries built at Delphi by Greek cities, SIG 8 (vi B.C.), Hdt. 1.14, al., X. An. 5.3.5, Str. 4.1.13, etc.; vaults of a bank, PLips. 62ii 14 (iv A.D.).

2 granary

granary, PCair.Zen. 232.4 (iii B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 385.27 (iii B.C.), 192 (i A.D.), etc.; οἱ δημόσιοι θ. PRyl. 90.9 (iii A.D.), cf. POxy. 2119.3 (iii A.D.).

3 receptacle, safe, casket

receptacle for valuables, safe, casket, Hdt. 7.190, 9.106, Ev.Matt. 2.11; θ. βελέεσσιν, of a quiver, A. Pers. 1022 (lyr.).

4 offertory-box, coin-in-the-slot machine

offertory-box (for its form, v. IG 9(2).590), IG 7.235.23 (Oropus, iv B.C.), 12(3).443 (Thera, iii B.C.), Jahrb. 16.162 note 13 (Rhodes, iii B.C.), Schwyzer 89 (Argos, iii B.C.), SIG 1015.30 (Halic.), PTeb. 6.27 (ii B.C.), IG 5(1).1390.89 (Andania, i B.C.); σπονδεῖον ἢ θ. coin-in-the-slot machine which sold holy water, Hero Spir. 1.21.

5 cavern, subterranean dungeon

cavern, S. Ichn. 276; subterranean dungeon, Plu. Phil. 19.

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