θρυλέω

θρῦλος

A. make a confused noise, chatter, babble, τὴν νύκτα θρυλῶν καὶ λαλῶν Ar. Eq. 348; θρυλέοιμι trisyll., Theoc. 2.142.
II. c. acc., repeat over and over, θρυλοῦσ’ ἅ γ’ εἰπεῖν ἤθελον E. El. 910; τὰ τοιαῦτα οἱ ποιηταὶ ἡμῖν ἀεὶ ‐οῦσιν, ὅτι . . Pl. Phd. 65b; τὰ μυθώδη . . , ὰ\ πάντες ‐οῦσιν Isoc. 12.237; ὃ πάντες ἐθρύλουν τέως, δεῖν . . D. 1.7, cf. 19.156; [τὴν τριήρη] θρυλήσει will keep talking of it, Id. 21.160: abs., καθάπερ πάλαι θρυλῶ Epicur. Nat. 109 G.; περὶ ἀγαθοῦ θ. Id. Fr. 423: c. inf., PSI 5.452.20 (iv A.D.):—Pass., to be common talk, τὸ ‐ούμενον, τὸ . . πανταχοῦ θ. E. Fr. 285.1, cf. Isoc. Ep. 6.7, Theopomp.Com. 35, Antiph. 246.2; τὸ θ. ποτε ἀπόρρητον D. 2.6; ἡ ὑπὸ πάντων θρυλουμένη εἰρήνη Id. 19.273; τὰ μὲν παλαιὰ καὶ θ. Anaxipp. 1.4; περὶ τεθρυλημένου πολλοῖς Arist. Rh. 1415a3; αἱ τεθρ. καὶ κοιναὶ γνῶμαι ib.1395a10; τὰ θ. περὶ τὸν βάτραχον Id. HA 620b11; τινῶν λόγων ὑπὸ τῆς μητρός μου θρυλησθέντων (sic) UPZ 144.45 (ii B.C.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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