θρύσιος

θρύσιος

masc nom sg

θρύσιος, ὁ,= θρύον, EM 456.31:—written [full] θρύσις, Sch.D Il.21.351. [full] θρύσκα, τά, glossed by ἄγρια λάχανα, Hsch.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `reed, rush' (Il.).

Compounds: As 1. member in θρυο-πώλης `seller of r.' (pap.).

Derivatives: θρυόεις `rich in reeds' (Nic.), f. Θρυόεσσα place on the Alpheios (Λ 711; Leumann Hom. Wörter 301), also called Θρύον (Β 592; cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 85); θρυώδης `id.' (Str.); θρύϊνος `of reeds', θρυϊ̃τις `grown with r.' (γῆ, pap.; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 118). From θρυάλλις or from the diminutive θρυαλλίδιον (Luc.) as backformation θρύαλλον n. `shower of smuts ?' (Vett. Val. 345, 22). - Fur. 135 adduces θρύσιος EM 456, 31 and θρύσις sch. Il. 21, 351. - On θρυαλλίς s.v.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: For the form one compares βρύον, but further unclear. After Sommer Lautstud. 60f. from IE * trusom to OCS trьstь f. `reed, cane', Lith. tr(i)ušìs `id.', "sachlich völlig befriedigend (unbegründete Bedenken bei WP. 1, 762), aber lautlich und morphologisch sehr fraglich" (Frisk). - The variants with - σ- (Fur. above) point to a Pre-Greek word, and this is what we would expect of such a word.

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