The corpus record

θρῑπήδεστος

thripedestos

worm-eaten

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What it meant — LSJ

worm-eaten

worm-eaten, ῥίζαι Thphr. HP 9.14.3, cf. IG 2(2).1628.163, al., 1672.306; κεραῖαι θριπήδεσται ib. 1628.205, but -οι 1629.328.

2 made of worm-eaten wood

σφραγίδια θ. seals made of worm-eaten wood, Ar. Th. 427, cf. Sch.

metaph., = διεφθαρμένη, Hyp. Fr. 82. (Freq. corrupted to -έστατος, as in Ar. Th. l.c. (ap. Suid.), Hyp. l.c. (v.l.), Luc. Lex. 13 (v.l.), cf. Paus.Gr. Fr. 205, but a Sup. is never necessary exc. in Thphr. HP 3.8.5 (v. θριπώδης).)

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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