θρυλέω

English (LSJ)

(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... 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., PSI5.452.20 (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.HA620b11; τινῶν λόγων ὑπὸ τῆς μητρός μου θρυλησθέντων (sic) UPZ144.45 (ii B.C.).