θυία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably related to θύον (thúon, “cypress-pine”). The two words could be derived from θύω (thúō, “to burn”) but this is not clear. Possibly from θύω (thúō, “I sacrifice”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰy̌ː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰy.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθy.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθy.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθi.a/
Noun
θυίᾱ • (thuíā) f (genitive θυίᾱς); first declension
- stinking juniper(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Juniperus foetidissima)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θυίᾱ hē thuíā |
τὼ θυίᾱ tṑ thuíā |
αἱ θυῖαι hai thuîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θυίᾱς tês thuíās |
τοῖν θυίαιν toîn thuíain |
τῶν θυιῶν tôn thuiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θυίᾳ têi thuíāi |
τοῖν θυίαιν toîn thuíain |
ταῖς θυίαις taîs thuíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θυίᾱν tḕn thuíān |
τὼ θυίᾱ tṑ thuíā |
τᾱ̀ς θυίᾱς tā̀s thuíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | θυίᾱ thuíā |
θυίᾱ thuíā |
θυῖαι thuîai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Thuja
Further reading
- “θυία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θυία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette