footstool
footstool, ὑπὸ δὲ θρῆνυν ποσὶν ἥσει Il. 14.240, cf. Od. 19.57.
II bench, helmsmanʼs bench, bridge
θ. ἑπταπόδης the seven-foot bench, perh. helmsmanʼs bench or bridge, Il. 15.729.
The corpus record
θρῆνυς
threnus · ὁ
footstool, bench, helmsmanʼs bench
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 8 · 0.92/10k
- Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- θρῆνυν · thrēnyn Iliad 14.240
- θρῆνυν · thrēnyn Iliad 15.729
- θρῆνυς · thrēnys Iliad 18.390
- θρῆνυς · thrēnys Odyssey 1.131
- θρῆνυς · thrēnys Odyssey 10.315
- θρῆνυς · thrēnys Odyssey 10.367
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θρῆνυς (scan p. 454; entry #3205).