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 • (thŭ́sănos) 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 thŭ́sănos	τὼ θῠσᾰ́νω tṑ thŭsắnō	οἱ θῠ́σᾰνοι hoi thŭ́sănoi
Genitive	τοῦ θῠσᾰ́νου toû thŭsắnou	τοῖν θῠσᾰ́νοιν toîn thŭsắnoin	τῶν θῠσᾰ́νων tôn thŭsắnōn
Dative	τῷ θῠσᾰ́νῳ tôi thŭsắnōi	τοῖν θῠσᾰ́νοιν toîn thŭsắnoin	τοῖς θῠσᾰ́νοις toîs thŭsắnois
Accusative	τὸν θῠ́σᾰνον tòn thŭ́sănon	τὼ θῠσᾰ́νω tṑ thŭsắnō	τοὺς θῠσᾰ́νους toùs thŭsắnous
Vocative	θῠ́σᾰνε thŭ́săne	θῠσᾰ́νω thŭsắnō	θῠ́σᾰνοι thŭ́sănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θῠσᾰνηδόν (thŭsănēdón)
• θῠσᾰνοειδής (thŭsănoeidḗs)
• θῠσᾰνόεις (thŭsănóeis)
• θῠσᾰ́νουρος (thŭsắnouros)
• θῠσᾰνώδης (thŭsănṓdēs)
• θῠσᾰνωτός (thŭsănōtós)

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Thysania

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