The corpus record

θρύψις

thrupsis · ἡ

breaking in small pieces

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Where it lives

Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

breaking in small pieces, dispersion

breaking in small pieces, οὔτε . . εἴη ἂν ἄπειρος ἡ θ. Arist. GC 316b30; dispersion, ἡ θ. τοῦ ἀέρος Id. de An. 419b23; coupled with διάλυσις, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.173.

II softness, weakness, debauchery

softness, weakness, σώματος Plu. Dem. 4: esp. metaph., debauchery, X. Cyr. 8.8.16, Plu. Lyc. 14: pl., Id. QConv. 2.732e.

2 daintiness

daintiness, κόμης ib. QConv. 693b; θ. (cj. for τρίψις) ἐπικρατίδων Hp. Praec. 10.

In the wild

θρύψιν · thrypsin Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.8.16 (DIORISIS sentence 4933)

Where it came from

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