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

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.sa.nos/ → /θy.sa.nos/ → /θi.sa.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.sa.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.sa.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.sa.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.sa.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.sa.nos/

Noun

θῠ́σᾰνος • (thúsanos) m (genitive θῠσᾰ́νου); second declension

1. (mostly in the plural) tassel, fringe

   Synonym: κροσσός (krossós)

2. tuft of the Golden Fleece

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θῠ́σᾰνος; τοῦ θῠσᾰ́νου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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