θύον

See also: θῦον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

It has been suggested that it is a primary derivative of θύω (thúō, “to smoke”). It is clearly connected to θυία (thuía, “stinking juniper”); however, the relation of these forms is not clear. It does not seem very probable that two distinct trees had nearly identical names.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

θῠ́ον • (thŭ́on) n (genitive θῠ́ου); second declension

sandarac (Tetraclinis articulata)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θῠ́ον; τοῦ θῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θῠ́ον tò thŭ́on	τὼ θῠ́ω tṑ thŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ θῠ́ᾰ tằ thŭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ θῠ́ου toû thŭ́ou	τοῖν θῠ́οιν toîn thŭ́oin	τῶν θῠ́ων tôn thŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ θῠ́ῳ tôi thŭ́ōi	τοῖν θῠ́οιν toîn thŭ́oin	τοῖς θῠ́οις toîs thŭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ θῠ́ον tò thŭ́on	τὼ θῠ́ω tṑ thŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ θῠ́ᾰ tằ thŭ́ă
Vocative	θῠ́ον thŭ́on	θῠ́ω thŭ́ō	θῠ́ᾰ thŭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

θυῖον (thuîon)

“θύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
θύον 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