The corpus record

θρῐαμβ-εύω

thriambeuo

triumph, triumph over, lead in triumph

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Where it lives

Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

triumph, triumph over

triumph, Plb. 6.53.7, Posidon. 1 J., Plu. Pomp. 45, etc.; ἀπό τινος triumph over, Id. Rom. 25, App. Gall. 1; κατὰ τῆς πατρίδος Plu. Cor. 35, cf. App. BC 1.80; ἐπί τινι ib. 4.31; also θ. ἐπὶ νίκῃ Hdn. 3.9.1; ἀπὸ μάχης Plu. Publ. 9: c. acc. cogn., θ. νίκην ἄδακρυν Id. Fort.Rom. 2.318b; δεύτερον θρίαμβον Id. Fab. 23.

II lead in triumph

lead in triumph, of conquered enemies, τινα Id. Comp.Thes.Rom. 4, Ep.Col. 2.15:—Pass., -εύεσθαι ὑπό τινος Plu. Cor. 35; μηδʼ ἐν ἐμοὶ περιίδῃς -ευόμενον σεαυτόν Id. Ant. 84.

2 lead in triumph

lead in triumph, as a general does his army, metaph., ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ 2 Ep.Cor. 2.14.

III divulge, noise abroad

divulge, noise abroad, Phot., cf. Suid. s.v. ἐξεφοίτα.

In the wild

θριαμβεύουσιν · thriambeuousin Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5493)
θριαμβεύοντι · thriambeuonti New Testament, 2 Corinthians 2.14 (DIORISIS sentence 34)
θριαμβεύσας · thriambeusas New Testament, Colossians 2.15 (DIORISIS sentence 22)

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