LOGOI

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θροέω

throeo

cry aloud, speak, say, tell out, utter aloud

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Where it lives

  • 2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
  • Ajax 6 · 7.63/10k
  • Rhesus 3 · 5.58/10k
  • Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
  • Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
  • Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
  • Orestes 3 · 3.06/10k
  • Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
  • Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
  • Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
  • Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

cry aloud, speak, say

cry aloud, B. l.c., S. El. 1410; παρὰ νοῦν θ. Id. Ph. 1195 (lyr.); πᾶσιν to all, Id. Aj. 67, cf. Tr. 531; speak, say, A. Pr. 608 (lyr.); θρόει, τίς . .; E. Or. 187 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., θ. αὐδάν A. Ch. 829 (lyr.), E. Or. 1248 (lyr.); λόγον S. Ant. 1287 (lyr.); πολλά Id. Aj. 592; εὔφημα, ψευδῆ, E. IA 143 (lyr.), 1345 (troch.):—Med., τοῦτʼ ἔπος -ούμενος A. Eu. 510 (lyr.).

2 tell out, utter aloud

c. acc., tell out, utter aloud, τοὐμὸν πάθος Id. Ag. 1137 (lyr.); νόμον ἄνομον ib. 1141 (lyr.), cf. 104; πᾶς τοῦτό γʼ Ἑλλήνων θροεῖ S. OC 597; θάνατόν τινι θ. ib. 1425.—Rare. exc. in Trag.; in late Prose, J. AJ 18.6.10, 19.1.16.

II scare, terrify, to be stirred, moved

causal, scare, terrify, Sch. E. Hec. 180, al.:—Pass., to be stirred, moved, of joy, ἡ κοιλία μου ἐθροήθη ἐπʼ αὐτόν LXX Ca. 5.4; of fear, μὴ θροεῖσθε Ev.Matt. 24.6, cf. 2 Ep.Thess. 2.2.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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