The corpus record

θρύον

thruon · τό

reed, rush

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

reed, rush

reed, rush, Il. 21.351, Hp. Steril. 246, Thphr. HP 4.11.12, Arist. Mir. 844a27: in sg. collectively, ἔπλεκεν Call. Aet. 3.1.24 [Fr. 75.24 Pf.], cf. D.S. 3.10, Theoc. 13.40 (pl.), AP 9.723 (Antip. Sid.); [γῆν] καθαρὰν ἀπὸ θρύου (Pap. θροίου) PTeb. 105.26 (ii B.C.), POxy. 910.41 (ii A.D.): pl. written θροία UPZ 98.12 (ii B.C.).

II thorn-apple, Datura Stramonium

= στρύχνον μανικόν, thorn-apple, Datura Stramonium, Orph. A. 916, Thphr. HP 9.11.6 (θρύορον, βρύορον codd.), Dsc. 4.73.

In the wild

θρύον · thryon Iliad 21.351

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. θρύον (scan pp. 606-607; entry #2618). Root candidates: *truso-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θρύον (scan p. 457; entry #3229).

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