The corpus record

Θεσσαλ-ικός

*thessalikos

Thessalian

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Thessalian, chair, couch

Thessalian: Θ. ἕδος, a sort of chair or couch, Hp. Art. 7; ὄρεα Hdt. 7.128; δίφρος Eup. 58, cf. Poll. 7.112; Θ. ἔνθεσις Hermipp. 41; Θ. δεῖπνα Ar. Fr. 492, cf. Antiph. 34.3. Adv. -κῶς Crates Com. 19.

2 of the Thessalian dialect

of the Thessalian dialect, ἔθος A.D. Synt. 214.6; διαίρεσις ib. 50.9. Adv. -κῶς Id. Pron. 109.1: Comp. -ώτερον Id. Synt. 159.9.

In the wild

Θεσσαλικά · Thessalika Herodotus, Histories 7.128.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7765)
Θετταλικὰ · Thettalika Plato, Statesman 264
Θετταλικὸν · Thettalikon Xenophon, Hellenica 6.1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2468)
Θετταλικά · Thettalika Xenophon, Hellenica 6.5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2854)

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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