The corpus record

θολ-όω

tholoo

make turbid

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Where it lives

Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

make turbid

make turbid, prop. of water, θ. ἅπαντα, of the cuttle-fish, Antiph. 26.2; of fishermen, Arist. Fr. 311:—Pass., τεθολωμένα ὕδατα Hp. Aër. 7; τεθ. ἀήρ Philyll. 20.

2 confounded

metaph., θολοῖ δὲ καρδίαν E. Alc. 1067; τεθολωμένος confounded by joy, Pherecr. 115; θολοῦσθαί τι τῶν σπλάγχνων Philostr. VA 8.7; γένος . . τεθολωμένον γειτόνημα Procop. Goth. 4.19.

II soak

soak, σπόγγοις διὰ ψυχροῦ ὕδατος . . τεθολωμένοις Orib. 8.6.36.

In the wild

θόλου · tholou Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 359)

Where it came from

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