A.muddy, foul, turbid, opp. καθαρός or λαμπρός, prop. of troubled water, Hdt.4.53, Hp.Aër.8, Th.2.102; “θ. καὶ πηλώδης” Pl.Phd.113b: metaph., “λαμπρὸν δὲ θολερῷ δῶμα συμμείξας” E. Supp.222; “θ. οὖρα” Hp.Epid.1.7; “ἀήρ” Pl.Ti.58d (Sup. -ώτατος)“; αἷμα” Arist.Somn.Vig.458a14 (Sup.); “χυμοί” Thphr.CP6.3.4 (Comp.); “νεφέλαι” AP9.277 (Antiphil.): “χρώς” Ael.NA14.9; “πλίνθος” Theoc.16.62; “δύσμορφον ἡ ὗς καὶ θολερόν” Plu.2.670a.
II. metaph., troubled by passion or madness, θολεροὶ λόγοι troubled words of passion (compared to a torrent), A.Pr.885 (anap.); θολερῷ χειμῶνι νοσήσας with turbid storm of madness, S.Aj.206 (anap.); θολερῷ κυνόδοντι with passionate tooth, Nic.Th.130 codd. (θαλερῷ cj. Schneider). Adv. -ρῶς dub. in Com.Adesp.865.