θῦνος πόλεμος

θῦνος· πόλεμος, ὁρμή, δρόμος, Hsch.: θυνός acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.938.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `rush in, sethe, storm, rage' (Il.)

Other forms: also θυίω (Hom., h. Merc. 560; cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 51 and 372), θύ̄νω (Il.), ipf. also ε᾽θύνεον (Hes.), aor. ἔθῡσα (Call. Fr. 82),

Compounds: rarely with prefix, ἀνα-, ὑπερ-,

Derivatives: θυ(ι)άς, - άδος f. "the storming one", `thyiade, Bacchante' (A., Tim.), also θυῖα f. (Str. 10, 3, 10 [and S. Ant. 1151, lyr.?]; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 95); Θυῖα n. name of a Dionysos-feast in Elis (Paus. 6, 26, 1), Θυῑος name of a Thessal. and Boeotian month (inscr.); Θυώνη surn. of Semele (h. Hom., Sapph., Pi.); also θύστα θυῖα and θυστάδες νύμφαι τινές, αἱ ἔνθεοι, καὶ Βάκχαι H.; Θυστήριος surn. of Bakchos (EM); θῦνος πόλεμος, ὁρμή, δρόμος H. (from θύνω; not = Skt. ptc. dhūna-); θῦσις (Pl. Kra. 419e as explanation of θυμός). Deverbat.: θυάω `be rutty, of swines' (Arist.; after βακχάω, μαργάω a. o.; s. Schwyzer 726 n. 2). Unclear θυωθείς μανείς, ὁρμήσας H. - On θύελλα and θύσθλα s. v. Here also θυάκται m. pl. (Troizen II^a), if = `mystae sive thiasotae'; cf Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 174; DELG refers this to θύω 2.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: θύ̄νω has been analysed as *θύ-νϜ-ω (with ἐθύνεον \< *ἐ-θύ-νεϜ-ον), an old νῡ-present and identified with Skt. dhū̆-nó-ti `schütteln' (Schwyzer 696 a. n. 2). But I don't see what `schütteln' has to do with our verb. - For θυστάδες, θύσθλα one posited a stem θυσ-, which has also been posited for θυίω, if from *θύσ-ι̯ω (Schulze Q. 313 n. 5, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 37; diff. J. Schmidt KZ 27, 294f.; s. also Schwyzer 686 ε). It is however not certain that this supposed *θυσ- has anything to do with our verb. This *θυσ- has been connected with Lat. fur-ō, - ere, s. W.-Hofmann s. v., where also other interpretations are given; we can therefore better leave furō on itself. See also 2. θύω. - The hesitation between θύω 1 and θύω 2 shows how uncertain the interpretation is. I wonder whether *θυσ- is not of foreign origin. Note rare forms or meanings as θύστα, θυτάδες, θυάω. Pok. 261ff. gives anenormous amount of forms and meanings, but no close parallel for the meaning of θύω 1. In the present situation, without further research, nothing can be said.

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