θύμος

See also: θυμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Compare θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰý.mos/ → /ˈθy.mos/ → /ˈθi.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰý.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.mos/

Noun

θῠ́μος • (thŭ́mos) m (genitive θῠ́μου); second declension

1. a warty excrescence, so called from its likeness to a bunch of thyme-flower
2. the thymus gland

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θῠ́μος; τοῦ θῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θῠ́μος ho thŭ́mos	τὼ θῠ́μω tṑ thŭ́mō	οἱ θῠ́μοι hoi thŭ́moi
Genitive	τοῦ θῠ́μου toû thŭ́mou	τοῖν θῠ́μοιν toîn thŭ́moin	τῶν θῠ́μων tôn thŭ́mōn
Dative	τῷ θῠ́μῳ tôi thŭ́mōi	τοῖν θῠ́μοιν toîn thŭ́moin	τοῖς θῠ́μοις toîs thŭ́mois
Accusative	τὸν θῠ́μον tòn thŭ́mon	τὼ θῠ́μω tṑ thŭ́mō	τοὺς θῠ́μους toùs thŭ́mous
Vocative	θῠ́με thŭ́me	θῠ́μω thŭ́mō	θῠ́μοι thŭ́moi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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