Θρῆνυς

stool

Translated by David Whitehead5 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] foot-support.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θρῆνυς· ὑποπόδιον.

Betacode

*qrh=nus: u(popo/dion.

Notes

= scholion to Homer, Iliad 18.390 (web address 1), where the headword appears in this sense (as it does elsewhere in Homer -- except for Iliad 15.729: see LSJ s.v.).
cf. Hesychius theta734, Etymologicum Gudianum 254.63, Etymologicum Magnum 454.53, 455.1.
cf. alphaiota 144, theta 451, theta 453, theta 456.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

θ453Θρανίονrower's benchCertain low stools and footstools are called qra=nos and qra/nia (and one [is called] qrh=nus in the Poet); upon which those about to strangle themselves are hung kicking them [away]. Aristophanes [writes] in Frogs:…

Neighbouring entries

θ481Θρήνουςlaments θ482Θρηνῶ σεI lament you θ483Θρῆνυςstool θ484ΘρήξονοςThrexonos, Threxonus θ485ΘρῇσσαThracian woman

Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Jan 2013

6 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
6 Feb 2008augmented note — William Hutton
6 Feb 2008more x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Feb 2008augmented note, added link and keyword, set status — William Hutton
5 Feb 2008Translated — David Whitehead