θρόος
From LSJ
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
English (LSJ)
Att. θροῦς, ὁ, (θρέομαι)
A noise as of many voices, οὐ γὰρ πάντων ἦεν ὁμὸς θ. Il.4.437; poet. of musical sounds, πολύφατος θ. ὕμνων Pi.N.7.81; θ. αὐλῶν Epic. ap. Plu.2.654f. 2 murmur of a crowd or assembly, Th.4.66, 8.79, D.H.6.57, etc. II report, rumour, X.Cyr.6.1.37, Plu.Galb.26, D.C.44.18.
