- θύος
- θύοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `burnt sacrifice', mostly in plur. θύη (Il.),Dialectal forms: Myc. tu-we-a `aromatic productsCompounds: As 1. member in θυο-σκόος (s. v.), θυο-δόκος `accepting burnt offerings' (E.), θυη-πόλος `making sacrifice, priest(ess)' (A., E.), with -έω, -ία (θυη- after the plur.?; cf. also Schwyzer 438f.).Derivatives: θυόεις, θυήεις (s. above and Schwyzer 527) `rich in incense etc., fragrant' (Il.; θυῶεν εὑῶδες H.); θυώματα pl. `incense, spices' (Ion.), lengthened from θύος (cf. Chantraine Formation 187) rather than from a denomin. *θυόομαι, -όω, though this supposed by the ptc. τεθυωμένος `with odour' (Ι 172 u. a.), to which also θυωθέν (Hedyl. ap. Ath. 11, 486b); θυΐσκη (LXX, J.; v. l. -ος), also θύσκη, -ος (pap., Suid., EM) f. `censer (container for incense)' (after καδίσκος a. o.; Chantraine Formation 406); θυΐτης (λίθος) m. name of an Ethiopian stone (Dsc., Gal.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 55). -Origin: IE [Indo-European] [261] *dʰeuH- `smoke?'Etymology: Primary deriv. from 2. θύω, s. v. - From there Lat. LW [loanword] tūs, tūris n. `(frank)incense'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - On θυέστης, θυεία s. v.Page in Frisk: 1,694-695
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.