The corpus record

θρῡλ-έω

thruleo

make a confused noise, chatter, babble

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Where it lives

Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Phaedo 2 · 0.92/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Rhetoric 3 · 0.7/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Metaphysics 2 · 0.25/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

make a confused noise, chatter, babble

make a confused noise, chatter, babble, τὴν νύκτα θρυλῶν καὶ λαλῶν Ar. Eq. 348; θρυλέοιμι trisyll., Theoc. 2.142.

II repeat over and over, will keep talking of, to be common talk

c. acc., repeat over and over, θρυλοῦσʼ ἅ γʼ εἰπεῖν ἤθελον E. El. 910; τὰ τοιαῦτα οἱ ποιηταὶ ἡμῖν ἀεὶ -οῦσιν, ὅτι . . Pl. Phd. 65b; τὰ μυθώδη . . , πάντες -οῦσιν Isoc. 12.237; ὃ πάντες ἐθρύλουν τέως, δεῖν . . D. 1.7, cf. 19.156; [τὴν τριήρη] θρυλήσει will keep talking of it, Id. 21.160: abs., καθάπερ πάλαι θρυλῶ Epicur. Nat. 109 G.; περὶ ἀγαθοῦ θ. Id. Fr. 423: c. inf., PSI 5.452.20 (iv A.D.):—Pass., to be common talk, τὸ -ούμενον, τὸ . . πανταχοῦ θ. E. Fr. 285.1, cf. Isoc. Ep. 6.7, Theopomp.Com

In the wild

ἐθρύλλουν · ethrylloun Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..16 (DIORISIS sentence 206)
τεθρύληται · tethrylētai Aristotle, Metaphysics book 13 (DIORISIS sentence 3572)
θρυλούμενον · thryloumenon Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 1050)
τεθρυλημέναις · tethrylēmenais Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
τεθρυλημένου · tethrylēmenou Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
θρυλούμενον · thryloumenon Aristotle, Rhetoric 3

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