θύαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to κόμαρος (kómaros) and κίσθαρος (kístharos). The suffix in "-αρος" points to a Pre-Greek word and connection with θύω (thúō, “to rage, seethe”) is a mere guess.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθy.a.ros/ → /ˈθi.a.ros/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.a.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.a.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a.ros/

Noun

θύαρος • (thúaros) m (genitive θυάρου); second declension

1. (Koine) ryegrass, darnel (Lolium temulentum)

   Synonyms: αἶρα (aîra), ζιζάνιον (zizánion)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θύαρος; τοῦ θυάρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θύαρος ho thúaros	τὼ θυάρω tṑ thuárō	οἱ θύαροι hoi thúaroi
Genitive	τοῦ θυάρου toû thuárou	τοῖν θυάροιν toîn thuároin	τῶν θυάρων tôn thuárōn
Dative	τῷ θυάρῳ tôi thuárōi	τοῖν θυάροιν toîn thuároin	τοῖς θυάροις toîs thuárois
Accusative	τὸν θύαρον tòn thúaron	τὼ θυάρω tṑ thuárō	τοὺς θυάρους toùs thuárous
Vocative	θύαρε thúare	θυάρω thuárō	θύαροι thúaroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θύαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θύαρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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