thiasus

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek θίασος (thíasos).

Noun

thiasus (plural thiasi)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods.

Related terms

• thiasarch
• thiasote

Anagrams

• shiatsu, situash

Latin

Alternative forms

• thyasus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῐ́ᾰσος (thíasos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰi.a.sus/, [ˈt̪ʰiäs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.a.sus/, [ˈt̪iːäs̬us]

Noun

thiasus m (genitive thiasī); second declension

1. A group of singers and dancers assembled to celebrate the festival of one of the gods, especially Bacchus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	thiasus	thiasī
genitive	thiasī	thiasōrum
dative	thiasō	thiasīs
accusative	thiasum	thiasōs
ablative	thiasō	thiasīs
vocative	thiase	thiasī

References

• “thiasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “thiasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thiasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “thiasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers