θρυλίσσω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be analyzed as a denominative verb from *θρῦλος (*thrûlos, “fragment”), which would belong to Middle Welsh dryll (“fragment”), Gaulish *drullia (“waste”) and go back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“crumble”). The primary verb is seen in Proto-Germanic *dreusaną (“to fall”); Latin frustum (“morsel”) is probably derived from this verb, like Latvian druska (“morsel, crumb”) with velar suffix. Another hypothetical connection is with θραύω (thraúō, “to break in pieces, shatter”), but then its vowel would remain unexplained. One might also compare θρύπτω (thrúptō, “to break in pieces”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰryː.lís.sɔː/ → /θryˈlis.so/ → /θriˈli.so/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰryː.lís.sɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰryˈlis.so/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θryˈlis.so/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θryˈlis.so/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θriˈli.so/

Verb

θρῡλῐ́σσω • (thrūlĭ́ssō)

1. (transitive) to crash, smash

Inflection

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	θρῡλῐ́σσω	θρῡλῐ́σσεις	θρῡλῐ́σσει	θρῡλῐ́σσετον	θρῡλῐ́σσετον	θρῡλῐ́σσομεν	θρῡλῐ́σσετε	θρῡλῐ́σσουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	θρῡλῐ́σσω	θρῡλῐ́σσῃς	θρῡλῐ́σσῃ	θρῡλῐ́σσητον	θρῡλῐ́σσητον	θρῡλῐ́σσωμεν	θρῡλῐ́σσητε	θρῡλῐ́σσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	θρῡλῐ́σσοιμῐ	θρῡλῐ́σσοις	θρῡλῐ́σσοι	θρῡλῐ́σσοιτον	θρῡλῐσσοίτην	θρῡλῐ́σσοιμεν	θρῡλῐ́σσοιτε	θρῡλῐ́σσοιεν
	imperative		θρῡ́λῐσσε	θρῡλῐσσέτω	θρῡλῐ́σσετον	θρῡλῐσσέτων		θρῡλῐ́σσετε	θρῡλῐσσόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	θρῡλῐ́σσομαι	θρῡλῐ́σσῃ, θρῡλῐ́σσει	θρῡλῐ́σσεται	θρῡλῐ́σσεσθον	θρῡλῐ́σσεσθον	θρῡλῐσσόμεθᾰ	θρῡλῐ́σσεσθε	θρῡλῐ́σσονται
	subjunctive	θρῡλῐ́σσωμαι	θρῡλῐ́σσῃ	θρῡλῐ́σσηται	θρῡλῐ́σσησθον	θρῡλῐ́σσησθον	θρῡλῐσσώμεθᾰ	θρῡλῐ́σσησθε	θρῡλῐ́σσωνται
	optative	θρῡλῐσσοίμην	θρῡλῐ́σσοιο	θρῡλῐ́σσοιτο	θρῡλῐ́σσοισθον	θρῡλῐσσοίσθην	θρῡλῐσσοίμεθᾰ	θρῡλῐ́σσοισθε	θρῡλῐ́σσοιντο
	imperative		θρῡλῐ́σσου	θρῡλῐσσέσθω	θρῡλῐ́σσεσθον	θρῡλῐσσέσθων		θρῡλῐ́σσεσθε	θρῡλῐσσέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		θρῡλῐ́σσειν				θρῡλῐ́σσεσθαι
participle	m	θρῡλῐ́σσων				θρῡλῐσσόμενος
	f	θρῡλῐ́σσουσᾰ				θρῡλῐσσομένη
	n	θρῡλῐ́σσον				θρῡλῐσσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: θρῡλῐ́σσω, θρῡλῐ́σσομαι

Derived terms

• θρῡ́λῐγμᾰ (thrū́lĭgmă)

Further reading

• “θρυλίσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θρυλίσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θρυλίσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θρυλίσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θρυλίσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN