θύσανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Technical word in -ανος. According to Persson, it is from Proto-Indo-European *dʰudʰ-ih₂, the same root of Latvian duša (“bundle of straw”). However, the variation shown in θυσανόεις (thusanóeis)/θυσσανόεις (thussanóeis) rather points to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰy.sa.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰy.sa.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θy.sa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θy.sa.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θi.sa.nos/
Noun
θῠ́σᾰνος • (thúsanos) m (genitive θῠσᾰ́νου); second declension
- (mostly in the plural) tassel, fringe
- Synonym: κροσσός (krossós)
- tuft of the Golden Fleece
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ θῠ́σᾰνος ho thúsanos |
τὼ θῠσᾰ́νω tṑ thusánō |
οἱ θῠ́σᾰνοι hoi thúsanoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θῠσᾰ́νου toû thusánou |
τοῖν θῠσᾰ́νοιν toîn thusánoin |
τῶν θῠσᾰ́νων tôn thusánōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θῠσᾰ́νῳ tôi thusánōi |
τοῖν θῠσᾰ́νοιν toîn thusánoin |
τοῖς θῠσᾰ́νοις toîs thusánois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θῠ́σᾰνον tòn thúsanon |
τὼ θῠσᾰ́νω tṑ thusánō |
τοὺς θῠσᾰ́νους toùs thusánous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θῠ́σᾰνε thúsane |
θῠσᾰ́νω thusánō |
θῠ́σᾰνοι thúsanoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θῠσᾰνηδόν (thusanēdón)
- θῠσᾰνοειδής (thusanoeidḗs)
- θῠσᾰνόεις (thusanóeis)
- θῠσᾰ́νουρος (thusánouros)
- θῠσᾰνώδης (thusanṓdēs)
- θῠσᾰνωτός (thusanōtós)
Further reading
- “θύσανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θύσανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θύσανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θύσανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θύσανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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
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