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θύω,
__Aimperfect ἔθυον, Epic dialect θῦον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.222 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect θύεσκον [[ 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 37: ] Refs 6th c.BC+]future θύσω [ῡ] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1141, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 909d, 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 5.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect θυσῶ [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.33 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural θυσέοντι [[ “IG” 12(3).452 (from Thera)] Refs]: aorist ἔθῡσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.231, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect θῦσα [[ 14.446 ] Refs]: perfect τέθῠκα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1062, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 328c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future θύσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 340 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (as passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐθυσάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future τῠθήσομαι [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.91, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 4.2: ] Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist ἐτύθην [ῠ] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.216, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 242, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 155.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (participle written θυθέν [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 185, compare τὴν βοῦν τὴν θυθεῖσαν “IG” 12(7).241 (Amorgos, 3rd c.BC), etc.)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect τέθῠμαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 341 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1034, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.5 (in middle sense, 5.1.18, “An.” 7.8.21)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐτέθῠτο [[ [prev. author] “HG” 3.1.23 ] Refs]. [ῡ in future and aorist, ῠ in perfect active and passive, and aorist passive; ῡ generally in present and imperfect, except in trisyllable cases of participle, θῠοντα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.260, θύ?~Xοντες “hymnus ad Apollinem” 491, but θύ?~Xεσκε 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 37 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔθύ?~Xε, θύ?~Xων, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).57, 13.69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θύ?~Xειν, at the end of a line, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1141 (assuming variant, perhaps θύη), “Cyc.” 334, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 792 (spoken by a Megarian)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θύ?~Xεις, θύ?~Xω, [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Strato Comicus 1.19, 20 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; θύ?~Xωντι 3rd.pers. plural present subjunctive, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.21.] ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __A.I active, offer by burning meat or drink to the gods (τὸ θύειν δωρεῖσθαί ἐστι τοῖς θεοῖς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 14c), θεοῖσι δὲ θῦσαι ἀνώγει Πάτροκλον.., ὁ δ᾽ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.219, compare 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus cited in Scholia (at [prev. work]), “Comica Adespota” 7D. (cited in 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.74 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄρ γματα θῦσε θεοῖς, of a drink-offering, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.446, compare 15.260 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντες ἐθύσαμεν (i.e. τῶν τυρῶν) made an offering of cheese,[[ 9.231; θ. ἀκρόθινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέλανον, δεῖπνα, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 204, “Eu.” 109 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πυρούς, ναστούς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 565, 567: with _dative_ _of things_, θ. τούτῳ ὅ τι ἔχοι ἕκαστος (with variant{τοῦτο}) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.2 sacrifice, slay a victim, [τῷ ἡλίῳ] θ. ἵππους (variant{ἵπποισι})[[ [prev. work] 216; ταῦρον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.69; αὑτοῦ παῖδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1417, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 532, etc.; ἱρά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; ἱερεῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. θῦμα, θυσίαν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 290e, “R.” 362c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. διαβατήρια, ἐπινίκια, etc., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 173a, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὰ τεθυμένα the flesh of the victim, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.14, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τεθ. ἱερά[[ [prev. work] 3.5.5; τὰ θυόμενα [prev. author] “Lac.” 15.3. ] Refs]
__A.I.2.b simply, slaughter, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1062, LXX.Isa.22.13. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__A.I.3 absolutely, offer sacrifice, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31. +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 594, “fragment” 161.2, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1159 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖσι θεοῖσι θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, 8.138; θεῶν ἕνεκα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 129.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.4 celebrate with offerings or sacrifices, σῶστρα θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118; γενέθλια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121c; Λύκαια, Ἡράκλεια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.86; ἐλευθέρια 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 5.10; γάμους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 55. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.5 with doubleaccusative, εὐαγγέλια θ. ἑκατὸν βοῦς sacrifice a hundred oxen for the good news, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 656. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.6 Ἑστίᾳ θύειν, proverbial of niggards, because sacrifices to Hestia admitted no one to share the offering, [[ 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II middle, cause a victim to be offered, τῶν θυμάτων ὧν δεῖ θύεσθαι καὶ παρίστασθαι [[ “IG” 5(1).1390.65 (Andania, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+], etc.: hence frequently absolutely, consult the gods, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.189, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 340 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ Κρότωνα, ἐπὶ τῷ Πέρσῃ, i.e. on marching against.. , [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.44, 9.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.21; θύεσθαι ἐπ᾽ ἐξόδῳ [prev. work] 6.4.9; ὑπὲρ τῆς μονῆς [prev. work] 5.6.27: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, θ. ἰέναι offer sacrifice [to learn] whether to go or not, [[[prev. work] 2.2.3; also ἐθυόμην εἰ βέλτιον εἴη [prev. work] 6.1.31 (so in ] Refs]active, ἔθυε (variant{ἐθύετο}) τῷ Διί.. πότερά οἱ λῷον καὶ ἄμεινον εἴη.. [[[prev. work] 7.6.44)] Refs]; διαβατήρια θύεσθαι, as in active, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.54. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 metaphorically, tear in pieces, of wild beasts, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 137 (Lyric poetry). (Hence θυμός] Refs 4th c.BC+], cf. Sanskritdhūmás, Latin fumus 'smoke', θυμιάω, θύος, θυήλημα, τύφω, perhaps θεῖον (A), Latin suffire; compare {θύω})
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