1. τολύπη · tolypē — Beekes
The corpus record
τολύπ-η
tolupe
a clew of wool or yarn
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Where it lives
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
What it meant
2. τολύπη · tolypē — Chantraine
3. Τολύπη · Tolypē — Chantraine
4. τολύπη · tolypē — Frisk
5. τολύπ-η · tolyp-ē — LSJ
clew, ball of wool ready for spinning, or of spun yarn, S. Fr. 1102, Ar. Lys. 586 (anap.), AP 6.160 (Antip. Sid.), 247 (Phil.), Dsc. 5.75, Arr. Ind. 7.3, Hsch., Eust. 1336.18, 1414.26.
ball of anything, τῶν πράσων Eub. 42.3.
globular cake, Ath. 3.114f, 4.140a, Hsch.
a kind of gourd, pumpkin, = κολόκυνθα ἀγρία, LXX 4 Ki. 4.39, Phot., Suid.
In the wild
- τολύπην · tolypēn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 584 (DIORISIS sentence 462)
- τολύπην · tolypēn Septuaginta, Regnorum IV 4
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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