- θίασος
- θίασοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `Bacchic revel, rout; company' (ion. att.).Derivatives: θιασώτης `participant of a θ.' (IA), f. -ῶτις (Opp.), with -ωτικός; also θιασίτης `id.' (Ion. hell. inscr.; like τεχνίτης, ὁπλίτης a. o., Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 128 n. 2) with -ιτικός; θιασώδης `θ.-like, belonging to a θ.' (Nonn.); θιασῶνες οἶκοι, ἐν οἷς συνιόντες δειπνοῦσιν οἱ θίασοι H. Denomin. verbs: 1. θιασεύω `introduce in a θ., participate in a θ.' (E., Str.) with θιασεία (Procl.); 2. backformation θιάζω in ἐξεθίαζε χορείας ἐπετέλει; ἐπεθίαζεν ἐχόρευεν, aor. θιάσαι χορεῦσαι H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formed like θύρσος a. o. (Schwyzer 516), as expression of the Dionysiac religion suspect of foreign (Thracian-Phrygian?) origin (Debrunner Eberts Reallex. 4 : 2, 526 w.n.); originally no doubt Anatolian = Pre-Greek? Other unsuccesful interpretations from Indo-European in Bq.Page in Frisk: 1,674
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