θωρήσσω (thoresso)

Where it lives

Iliad 40 · 3.59/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k

What it meant — LSJ

arm with a θώραξ, arm, arm oneself, put oneʼs harness on, to arm yourselves withal

arm with a θώραξ: generally, arm, θωρῆξαί ἑ κέλευε . . Ἀχαιούς Il. 2.11; Μυρμιδόνας . . θώρηξεν Ἀχιλλεύς 16.155:—more freq. in Med. and Pass., θωρήσσομαι, fut. -ξομαι: aor. ἐθωρήχθην:—arm oneself, put oneʼs harness on, αὐτίκα θωρήσσοντο Il. 19.352; σὺν τεύχεσι θωρηχθέντες 8.530, etc.; ἐς πόλεμον ἅμα λαῷ θωρηχθῆναι 1.226; τεύχεʼ ἐνείκω θωρηχθῆναι I will bring you arms to arm yourselves withal, Od. 22.139; ἐθωρήσσοντο δὲ χαλκῷ 23.369; ἐν τῷδε (sc. θώρακι) πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους θωρήξομαι Ar. Ach. 113

II fortify with drink, make drunk, intoxicate, get drunk

fortify with drink, Hp. Epid. 2.5.10; ποτῷ φρένα θωρηχθέντες Nic. Al. 32; τεθωρηγμένος Ruf. ap. Orib. 6.38.23; make drunk, intoxicate, Thgn. 842:—Med. and Pass., get drunk, οἴνῳ Id. 470: abs., Id. 413, Pi. Fr. 72; θωρηχθεὶς ὑπὸ οἴνου Hp. Morb. 4.56, cf. Duris 27 J.

III

Med. in causal sense, τὸν μὲν . . νέκταρι θωρήξαιο Nic. Al. 225.

In the wild

θωρήσσωνται · thōrēssōntai Theogony 431–434
θωρηχθῆναι · thōrēchthēnai Iliad 1.226
θωρήσσοιτο · thōrēssoito Iliad 10.78
θωρηχθέντες · thōrēchthentes Iliad 11.49
θωρήσσοντο · thōrēssonto Iliad 11.709
θωρήσσεσθαι · thōrēssesthai Iliad 11.715

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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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