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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Greek1: hiereuô 2: hiereion 3: chrêstêrion 4: theothutos 5: sphagion
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Multiple entries for this lemma:
thuô (A), impf. ethuon, Ep. thuon Hom. Od. 15.222, Ion. thueskon Hippon. 37: fut. thusô [u_] Eur. El. 1141, Plat. Laws 909d, Henioch.5.10, Dor. thusô Theoc. 2.33; 3pl. thuseonti IG12(3).452 (Thera): aor. ethu_sa Hom. Od. 9.231, etc., Ep. thusa au=Hom. Od. 14.446: pf. tethu^ka Aristoph. Lys. 1062, Plat. Rep. 328c:--

  • Med., fut. thusomai Eur. Heraclid. 340 (as Pass., Hdt. 7.197): aor. ethusamên Thuc. 4.92, (ek-) Hdt. 6.91, etc.:--

  • Pass., fut. tu^thêsomai Diod. 16.91, Luc. DDeor.4.2: aor. etuthên [u^] Hdt. 1.216, Aesch. Lib. 242, Philem.155.2 (part. written thuthen Men.Sam.185, cf. tên boun tên thutheisan IG12(7).241 (Amorgos, iii B.C.), etc.): pf. tethu^mai Aesch. Eum. 341 (lyr.), Aristoph. Birds 1034, Xen. Hell. 3.5.5 (in med. sense, au=Xen. Hell. 5.1.18, ti=Xen. Anab. 7.8.21): plpf. etethu^to IDEM=Xen. Hell. 3.1.23. [u_ in fut. and aor., u^ in pf. Act. and Pass., and aor. Pass.; u_ generally in pres. and impf., exc. in trisyll. cases of part., thu^onta Hom. Od. 15.260, thu^ontes HH 3.491, but thu^eske Hippon. 37; ethu^e, thu^ôn, Pind. O. 10(11).57,13.69; thu^ein, at the end of a line, Eur. El. 1141 (s.v. l., fort. thuê), ti=Eur. Cycl. 334, Aristoph. Ach. 792 (spoken by a Megarian); thu^eis, thu^ô, Strato Com.1.19, au=Strato Com. 1.20=lr; thu^ônti 3pl. pres. subj., Theoc.4.21.]

    I. Act., offer by burning meat or drink to the gods (to thuein dôreisthai esti tois theois     Plat. Euthyph. 14c), theoisi de thusai anôgei Patroklon . . , ho d' en puri balle thuêlas Hom. Il. 9.219, cf. Aristarch.ap.Sch.adloc., Com.Adesp.7D. (ap. Phryn.PSp.74 B.); ê rha kai ar gmata thuse theois, of a drink-offering, Hom. Od. 14.446, cf. au=Hom. Od. 15.260; so entha de pur kêantes ethusamen (sc. tôn turôn) made an offering of cheese, au=Hom. Od. 9.231; th. akrothina Pind. O. 10(11).57; pelanon, deipna, Aesch. Pers. 204, ti=Aesch. Eum. 109; purous, nastous, Aristoph. Birds 565, au=Aristoph. Birds 567: c. dat. rei, th. toutôi ho ti echoi hekastos (with v.l. touto) Hdt. 1.50.

    II. Med., cause a victim to be offered, tôn thumatôn hôn dei thuesthai kai paristasthai IG5(1).1390.65 (Andania, i B.C.), etc.: hence freq. abs., consult the gods,     Hdt. 7.189, Eur. Heraclid. 340; epi Krotôna, epi tôi Persêi, i.e. on marching against . . , Hdt. 5.44, au=Hdt. 9.10, cf. Xen. Anab. 7.8.21; thuesthai ep' exodôi IBID=au=Xen. Anab. 6.4.9; huper tês monês IBID=au=Xen. Anab. 5.6.27: c. inf., th. ienai offer sacrifice [to learn] whether to go or not, IBID=au=Xen. Anab. 2.2.3; also ethuomên ei beltion eiê IBID=au=Xen. Anab. 6.1.31 (so in Act., ethue (v.l. ethueto) tôi Dii . . potera hoi lôion kai ameinon eiê . . IBID=au=Xen. Anab. 7.6.44); diabatêria thuesthai, as in Act., Thuc. 5.54.


      2. metaph., tear in pieces, of wild beasts,       Aesch. Ag. 137 (lyr.). (Hence thumos, cf. Skt.dhūmás, Lat. fumus 'smoke', thumiaô, thuos, thuêlêma, tuphô, perh. theion (A), Lat. suffire; cf. sq.)


      thuô (B) [u_], aor. ethu_sa Call.Fr.82:--

    • rage, seethe, anemos men epausato lailapi thuôn Hom. Od. 12.400; Zephuros megalêi sun lailapi thuôn IBID=au=Hom. Od. 12.408=lr, cf. Hes. WD 621, ti=Hes. Th. 874; of a swollen river, ho d' epessuto oidmati thuôn seething, Hom. Il. 21.234; hupsose thuôn IBID=au=Hom. Il. 21.324=lr; of a wind-swept sea, ho d' estenen oidmati thuôn au=Hom. Il. 23.230, cf. Hes. Th. 109,au=Hes. Th. 131; of the wake of a ship, kuma d' opisthe porphureon mega thue Hom. Od. 13.85; dapedon d' hapan haimati thuen the ground seethed with blood, au=Hom. Od. 11.420, au=Hom. Od. 22.309; of persons, storm, rage, ê gar ho g' oloiêisi phresi thuei Hom. Il. 1.342; encheï thuen au=Hom. Il. 11.180; kasignêta menei thuoisa Pind. P. 3.33; thuousan Haidou mêtera Aesch. Ag. 1235; pukna de hoi kradiê entosthen ethuen A.R.3.755 (v.l. ethuien): c.inf., desire eagerly, enispein IBID=au=A.R. 3.685=lr; of a horse, Call.Fr.82; of a serpent, Nic.Th.129 (v.l. thuiêisi). [u_ always: for thumenos [u^] is f.l. for sumenos in Pratin.Lyr.au=Nic. Th. =lr.] thuiô (q. v.) should perh. be preferred in later Ep., and is cj. in Pi.l.c. (Cf. Lett. dusmas (pl.) 'anger', dusēt 'puff', 'pant', Lat. f&ucaron;ro (fr. dh&ucaron;s-), thuella, thuiô, thuias (orig. madwoman); prob. cogn. with foreg.)