θρῦλος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=θρύλλος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[murmer]] (Batr., Orph., pap.).<br />Derivatives: Beside it [[θρυλέω]] (<b class="b3">-λλ-</b>) [[boast]], [[brag]], also with <b class="b3">δια-</b> and other prefixes, (Att.) with [[πολυθρύλητος]], [[πολυθρύλλητος]] [[much discussed]] (Pl., Plb.), [[θρύλημα]] [[talking]], [[boast]] (LXX); also [[θρυλίζω]] [[produce a wrong tone on the cithara]] (h. Merc. 488; cod. <b class="b3">θρυαλ-</b> [metr. better] = <b class="b3">θρυλλ-</b> ?) with [[θρυλισμός]], <b class="b3">-ιγμός</b> (D. H.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [255] <b class="b2">*dʰreu-</b> [[murmur]], [[drone]], [[rumble]]; or PG [Pre-Greek].<br />Etymology: While it seems most [[obvious]] to [[assume]] that [[θρυλέω]] was derived from [[θρῦλος]], both the dates and the frequency refute this. Rather [[θρυλέω]] was formed after the many (denominative, deverbative or primary) sound-verbs in <b class="b3">-έω</b>, e. g. [[κομπέω]], [[κελαδέω]], [[βομβέω]], [[δουπέω]], [[ῥοιβδέω]] (Schwyzer 726 w. n. 5), from which the rare and late [[θρῦλος]] was a [[backformation]]. It seems obvious that [[θρυλέω]] had connections with <b class="b3">θρέ(Ϝ)ομαι</b>, [[θόρυβος]], [[τονθορύζω]]. One suggests that it is a zero grade <b class="b3">λ-</b>deriv. of IE <b class="b2">dh(e)-reu-</b> (Pok. 255), only this root is badly attested, though there is Gr. [[θρέομαι]]. "Ob man durch eine solche rein grammatische Analyse einem Schallausdruck gerecht wird, scheint immerhin etwas fraglich" (Frisk). - The often found notation <b class="b3">-λλ-</b> can be an expressive gemination.- Fur. 237, 281 separates the word from the IE forms and connects [[θόρυβος]], with variant <b class="b3">*θρυϜ-</b>.