θριπήδεστος

A. worm-eaten, ῥίζαι Thphr. HP 9.14.3, cf. IG 22.1628.163, al., 1672.306; κεραῖαι θριπήδεσται ib.1628.205, but ‐οι 1629.328.

2. σφραγίδια θ. seals made of worm-eaten wood, Ar. Th. 427, cf. Sch.

3. metaph.,= διεφθαρμένη, Hyp. Fr. 82. (Freq. corrupted to ‐έστατος, as in Ar. Th.l.c. (ap. Suid.), Hyp. l.c. (v.l.), Luc. Lex. 13 (v.l.), cf. Paus.Gr. Fr. 205, but a Sup. is never necessary exc. in Thphr. HP 3.8.5 (v. θριπώδης).)