θρῦλος

See also: θρύλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θρύλλος (thrúllos)

Etymology

It has been suggested that this word is a zero grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēu- (“to drone”), but this root is not well attested. The frequent notation -λλ- may be an expressive gemination, but it may also point to Pre-Greek origin. Furnée separates the word from the Indo-European forms and connects it with θόρυβος (thórubos, “tumult, confusion”), with variant *θρυϝ- (*thruw-).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrŷː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰry.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθry.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθry.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.los/

Noun

θρῦλος • (thrûlos) m (genitive θρῡ́λου); second declension

noise as of many voices, murmur

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θρῦλος; τοῦ θρῡ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρῦλος ho thrûlos	τὼ θρῡ́λω tṑ thrū́lō	οἱ θρῦλοι hoi thrûloi
Genitive	τοῦ θρῡ́λου toû thrū́lou	τοῖν θρῡ́λοιν toîn thrū́loin	τῶν θρῡ́λων tôn thrū́lōn
Dative	τῷ θρῡ́λῳ tôi thrū́lōi	τοῖν θρῡ́λοιν toîn thrū́loin	τοῖς θρῡ́λοις toîs thrū́lois
Accusative	τὸν θρῦλον tòn thrûlon	τὼ θρῡ́λω tṑ thrū́lō	τοὺς θρῡ́λους toùs thrū́lous
Vocative	θρῦλε thrûle	θρῡ́λω thrū́lō	θρῦλοι thrûloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

θρυλέω (thruléō)
θρύλημα (thrúlēma)
θρυλητής (thrulētḗs)
θρυλητός (thrulētós)

Descendants

Greek: θρύλος (thrýlos)

“θρῦλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“θρῦλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
θρῦλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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