θρῴσκω

θρῴσκω (so in Alc.Supp.12.9, but

A

θρώσκω Did.

ap. Hdn.Gr.2.522), Il.13.589, A.Ch.846, Eu.660: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

θρῷσκον Il.15.314

: [tense] fut. θοροῦμαι, [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl. θορέονται ([etym.] ὑπερ-) 8.179, cf. A.Supp.873 (lyr.): [tense] aor. ἔθορον ([etym.] ἐκ-) Il.7.182, etc., [dialect] Ep.

θόρον Il.

(v. infr. 2), Hes.Sc.321, subj.

θόρω Od. 22.303

; inf. θορεῖν ([etym.] ἀνα-) X.Lac.2.3, [dialect] Ion. θορέειν ([etym.] ὑπερ-) Il.12.53; later ἔθρωξα ([etym.] ἀν-) Opp.H.3.293: [tense] pf. part. fem. τεθορυίης prob. in Antim.65: (cf. θορός: for the form cf. βλώσκω):—poet. Verb, leap, spring,

χαμᾶζε θορών Il.10.528

;

ἐκ δίφροιο 8.320

;

ἀπὸ λέκτροιο Od.23.32

;

ἰχθὺς θρῴσκων κατὰ κῦμα Il.21.126

; of arrows,

ἀπὸ νευρῆφι δ' ὀϊστοὶ θρῷσκον 15.314

, cf. 470, 16.773; of beans tossed from the winnowing shovel,

ἀπὸ πτυόφιν θρῴσκωσιν κύαμοι 13.589

; of the oar, S.OC718 (lyr.).

2 folld. by Prep., leap upon, assault,

ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι θόρον Il.8.252

, cf. 15.380;

εἴς τινα A.R.1.1296

;

πλησίον τινός E.Or.257

(in this sense Hom. always uses [tense] aor.); of a recurring illness, attack, S.Tr.1028 (lyr.).

3 rush, dart, Pi.P.9.119; πεδίον over the plain, E.Ba.873 (lyr.); δόμους to the house, S.Tr.58: metaph., λόγοι πεδάρσιοι θρῴσκουσι leap up into air, i.e. melt away, A.Ch.846.

II trans.,= θόρνυμαι, mount, impregnate,

κνώδαλα Id.Fr.15

; ὁ θρῴσκων the sire, Id.Eu.660; cf. θορός, θορή.