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θυμοβόρος

thumoboros

eating the heart

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Where it lives

  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k

What it meant

θῡμο-βόρος · thymo-boros — LSJ

eating the heart

eating the heart, θυμοβόρῳ ἔριδι Il. 19.58, al.; λύα Alc. Supp. 23.10; Κῆρες A.R. 4.1666; τῆς θυμοβόρου φρένα λύπης cj. for θυμοφθόρον in A. Ag. 103 (anap.).

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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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